Talmudic Question #125
Oligotrophs are organisms that thrive in nutrient scarce environment, as opposite to copiotrophs, who like it rich. Which of these two kinds of microbes do you think is most abundant on Earth?
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Talmudic Question #139
Why have microbiologists ever more problems defining bacterial species the better they get to know them?
Talmudic Question #46
by Daniel Portnoy — Why don't mammals make antibiotics of the type so readily made by bacteria and fungi?
Talmudic Question #195
Can you imagine if Schrödinger's cat is hiding somewhere – and if yes: where – in microbiology?
Talmudic Question #76
Do you think that our species is exempt from "kill-the-winner" predator-prey dynamics? (KTW is the colloquial term for the cyclical dynamic by which phages promote community evenness by reducing the numbers of the most abundant bacterial strains.)
Talmudic Question #144
by Christoph — Michael Arnold, a geneticist at UGA, Athens, GA was cited in an article in the New York Times as saying: "It's sort of cool that evolution is really messy." Is that so?...
Talmudic Question #127
Why are not all bacteria motile?
