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Microbial Advent Calendar 2k18 – A light in the dark

Deep in the dark ocean we go for Day 4 of the Microbial Advent Calendar! Where the anglerfish lure prey with their bioluminescent headlight organ at the end of a modified fin! And you guessed right this organ houses a bunch of bacteria who generate the light! You find many…
Adrien
December 5, 2018
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Microbial Advent Calendar 2k18 – Being its own apothecary

For day 3 of the Microbial Advent Calendar, let's have a look at the Beewolf (Philanthus triangulum). Neither a bee nor a wolf, it is, in fact, a predatory wasp that actually hunts bees. Although the adult does not feed on bees, but on plant nectar, the females hunt bees…
Adrien
December 4, 2018
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Microbial Advent Calendar 2k18 – Non Mainstream dividing

The second day of the Microbial Advent Calendar and today we have a sneak peak into the incredible world of nematodes associated with bacteria. There is an incredible diversity of host-associated systems in the nematode realm, today we a have a look at Laxus oneistus. This worm looks like, when you…
Adrien
December 2, 2018
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Microbial Advent Calendar – A review

Now that I can move my neck properly again it's time to have a look back on my Microbial Advent Calendar attempt. The exercise was to produce a small blog post a day, for 24 days, about a cool microbiology fact/paper related anywhere from close to pretty far from the…
Adrien
January 3, 2018
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Microbial Advent Calendar – 21 Cheesy Bacteria

Yes! I made that pun! As a Frenchmen abroad I wonder why it took me so long to come up with today's theme for the Microbial Advent Calendar. For day 21 we look at the rightfully placed fascination of scientists with cheese and their associated microorganisms. There is so much…
Adrien
December 21, 2017
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Microbial Advent Calendar – 20 From to Pole to Pole

So yes I am trying to catch up with my Microbial advent Calendar and No, I am not redoing the same as day 06 of the Microbial Advent Calendar... NO WAIT!! COME BACK!! I swear, it different and it's linked in a nice way! (At least I think it is...)…
Adrien
December 21, 2017
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Microbial Advent Calendar – Missing days ?

For those who followed the Microbial Advent Calendar, I apologize for the missing few days, I was on a visit in Lausanne, Switzerland. Please accept this beautiful picture of the Lac Lémant. I will try to catch up, but I promise nothing.
Adrien
December 20, 2017
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Microbial Advent Calendar – 14 Ice Worms

On the planet of Arrakis, in Frank Herbert's novel Dune, giant desert worms roam around the planet leaving the very precious spice behind them. On a scale closer than fiction, earth as its very own the ice worms! And we are going to have a glance at their microbiota in…
Adrien
December 14, 2017
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