Talmudic Question #143
On the planet Trafalmadore there are no lytic phages, only lysogenic ones that are only rarely induced to produce progeny virions. How does their planetary microbiome differ from ours?
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Talmudic Question #66
What if someone found an organism whose genes assignation is 1/3 bacterial, 1/3 archaeal, and 1/3 unknown?
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 #59
Which prokaryotic cells are more abundant on Earth: planktonic (free living) or sessile (adhering to surfaces)? Keep in mind that the ocean waters contain abundant floating surfaces, e.g., marine snow.
Talmudic Question #75
What would the world be like without the Archaea?
Talmudic Question #65
What is it about the cyclic nature of nucleotides, both monomers and dimers, that makes them such favorites for signaling purposes?
Talmudic Question #162
Can you imagine a eukaryotic virus that can infect a bacterium or an archaeon?
