by Christoph — When on the 3rd day of creation − or the 5th, the Old Testament isn't quite clear here − the Bacteria and Archaea were summoned to choose their shapes, there was at once a frantic run on rods and cocci; spirillae were also immediately sold out. The Alphaproteobacteria frolicked and...
...Oriented Towards The Host
by Philipp Weber — Have you ever heard of '𝘊𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘴 Thiosymbion oneisti' It is a rod-shaped bacterium that attaches, via one of its poles, to the cuticle of a marine nematode. Oneisti is committed to have each daughter cell in constant and intimate contact with its host. To accomplish this, it cannot simple elongate along...
