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A blog that aims to share appreciation for the width & depth of microbial activities.
Posts by Christoph, not necessarily the opinion of all team members of Small Things Considered (STC) https://smallthingsconsidered.blog/
Posts by Christoph, not necessarily the opinion of all team members of Small Things Considered (STC) https://smallthingsconsidered.blog/
you're welcome, beryl. just to let you know that we will feature 𝘐𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘦𝘣𝘢 𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘴 in our blog, likely in january 2026 (unless you and/or angela object bc the study is not yet regularly published. we at STC have no problems w/ preprints of such a high quality)
December 1, 2025 at 8:53 PM
you're welcome, beryl. just to let you know that we will feature 𝘐𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘦𝘣𝘢 𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘴 in our blog, likely in january 2026 (unless you and/or angela object bc the study is not yet regularly published. we at STC have no problems w/ preprints of such a high quality)
yes, ole, a crucial question that was beautifully dealt with by solopova et al. (2014)
www.pnas.org/doi/full/10....
www.pnas.org/doi/full/10....
December 1, 2025 at 4:33 PM
yes, ole, a crucial question that was beautifully dealt with by solopova et al. (2014)
www.pnas.org/doi/full/10....
www.pnas.org/doi/full/10....
christoph: I also leave this part out of my classes, for much the same reason why you do it 😊
December 1, 2025 at 1:13 PM
christoph: I also leave this part out of my classes, for much the same reason why you do it 😊
👍 enjoy your stay in japan!
November 30, 2025 at 1:19 AM
👍 enjoy your stay in japan!
real microbiologists, like phylogeneticists, alternately split or lump together certain clades... always with good reason 🙂
November 29, 2025 at 3:21 PM
real microbiologists, like phylogeneticists, alternately split or lump together certain clades... always with good reason 🙂
christoph: as much as the illustrators of yesteryear struggled with colors—and printers with reproducing them as accurately as possible—they also had a hard time depicting their subjects in a size that would fit on a printed page. today's photographers similarly...
November 29, 2025 at 12:46 AM
christoph: as much as the illustrators of yesteryear struggled with colors—and printers with reproducing them as accurately as possible—they also had a hard time depicting their subjects in a size that would fit on a printed page. today's photographers similarly...
– known thermophiles are in their majority anaerobes.
– Thermodesulfobacterota (anaerobes) have been found in syntrophic relationship with Asgard archaea (ancestors of amoebae)
excuse me, beryl, these are just some friday evening musings 🫣
– Thermodesulfobacterota (anaerobes) have been found in syntrophic relationship with Asgard archaea (ancestors of amoebae)
excuse me, beryl, these are just some friday evening musings 🫣
November 28, 2025 at 10:48 PM
– known thermophiles are in their majority anaerobes.
– Thermodesulfobacterota (anaerobes) have been found in syntrophic relationship with Asgard archaea (ancestors of amoebae)
excuse me, beryl, these are just some friday evening musings 🫣
– Thermodesulfobacterota (anaerobes) have been found in syntrophic relationship with Asgard archaea (ancestors of amoebae)
excuse me, beryl, these are just some friday evening musings 🫣
when you're looking for amoebae that grow at even higher temps. than 63°C, you might find them easier among anaerobic ones.
– aerobic ones will be limited by decreasing O₂ solubility in H₂O with increasing temps.
– anaerobic ones would likely also depend on bacterial/archaeal prey for food.
– ...
– aerobic ones will be limited by decreasing O₂ solubility in H₂O with increasing temps.
– anaerobic ones would likely also depend on bacterial/archaeal prey for food.
– ...
November 28, 2025 at 10:48 PM
when you're looking for amoebae that grow at even higher temps. than 63°C, you might find them easier among anaerobic ones.
– aerobic ones will be limited by decreasing O₂ solubility in H₂O with increasing temps.
– anaerobic ones would likely also depend on bacterial/archaeal prey for food.
– ...
– aerobic ones will be limited by decreasing O₂ solubility in H₂O with increasing temps.
– anaerobic ones would likely also depend on bacterial/archaeal prey for food.
– ...
...during "uptake", so there is no suction but a very professional way of endocytosis (like human maceophages try with asbestos fibers).
one more thought that came up during studying your paper...
one more thought that came up during studying your paper...
November 28, 2025 at 10:48 PM
...during "uptake", so there is no suction but a very professional way of endocytosis (like human maceophages try with asbestos fibers).
one more thought that came up during studying your paper...
one more thought that came up during studying your paper...
christoph: I assume 𝘐𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘦𝘣𝘢 𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘴 also snacks on the other bugs, but their gobbling-up of the filaments is better to observe because it simply takes longer 😄 and when I look very carefully at your (perfect!) time-lapse Fig.S3 D, it appears as if the protrusion actually grows longer...
November 28, 2025 at 10:48 PM
christoph: I assume 𝘐𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘦𝘣𝘢 𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘴 also snacks on the other bugs, but their gobbling-up of the filaments is better to observe because it simply takes longer 😄 and when I look very carefully at your (perfect!) time-lapse Fig.S3 D, it appears as if the protrusion actually grows longer...
note that I said: ...have to personally deliver our handwritten manuscripts...
November 27, 2025 at 9:54 PM
note that I said: ...have to personally deliver our handwritten manuscripts...
christoph: ~3 y ago, still on 𝕏, I quipped that with all this AI garbage on the horizon we would eventually have to personally deliver our handwritten manuscripts to the editor in their office. everybody laughed, but here we are...
November 27, 2025 at 9:15 PM
christoph: ~3 y ago, still on 𝕏, I quipped that with all this AI garbage on the horizon we would eventually have to personally deliver our handwritten manuscripts to the editor in their office. everybody laughed, but here we are...
christoph: there's some info about 𝘔𝘦𝘪𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘶𝘴 𝘳𝘶𝘣𝘦𝘳 here > microbewiki.kenyon.edu/index.php/Me...
the filaments you see are pretty convincing, no? and your sequencing should bring you/have brought you close to the genus at least.
(will check the movies again, thx)
the filaments you see are pretty convincing, no? and your sequencing should bring you/have brought you close to the genus at least.
(will check the movies again, thx)
Meiothermus - microbewiki
microbewiki.kenyon.edu
November 27, 2025 at 7:58 PM
christoph: there's some info about 𝘔𝘦𝘪𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘶𝘴 𝘳𝘶𝘣𝘦𝘳 here > microbewiki.kenyon.edu/index.php/Me...
the filaments you see are pretty convincing, no? and your sequencing should bring you/have brought you close to the genus at least.
(will check the movies again, thx)
the filaments you see are pretty convincing, no? and your sequencing should bring you/have brought you close to the genus at least.
(will check the movies again, thx)
btw the numbering/sorting of your movies in BioRxiv seems to be off: when I click 'Supplemental Movie 5', I download 'media-7.mov'. could you please check this? or: what do I wrong here?
November 27, 2025 at 5:12 PM
btw the numbering/sorting of your movies in BioRxiv seems to be off: when I click 'Supplemental Movie 5', I download 'media-7.mov'. could you please check this? or: what do I wrong here?
...fun fact: the literature often describes filamentation of bacteria as a strategy to avoid being grazed on by amoebae. of no avail in the case of 𝘐𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘦𝘣𝘢 𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘴, obviously 😀
November 27, 2025 at 5:12 PM
...fun fact: the literature often describes filamentation of bacteria as a strategy to avoid being grazed on by amoebae. of no avail in the case of 𝘐𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘦𝘣𝘢 𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘴, obviously 😀
christoph: great you did identify the spaghetti as 𝘔𝘦𝘪𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘶𝘴 𝘳𝘶𝘣𝘦𝘳! the time-lapse of the feeding is a charm 👏
as a child, I always dreamed of eating single spaghetti (spaghetto!) exactly like this: slurping them up (but wasn't allowed to, *sigh).
#ProtistsOnSky
as a child, I always dreamed of eating single spaghetti (spaghetto!) exactly like this: slurping them up (but wasn't allowed to, *sigh).
#ProtistsOnSky
November 27, 2025 at 5:12 PM
christoph: great you did identify the spaghetti as 𝘔𝘦𝘪𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘶𝘴 𝘳𝘶𝘣𝘦𝘳! the time-lapse of the feeding is a charm 👏
as a child, I always dreamed of eating single spaghetti (spaghetto!) exactly like this: slurping them up (but wasn't allowed to, *sigh).
#ProtistsOnSky
as a child, I always dreamed of eating single spaghetti (spaghetto!) exactly like this: slurping them up (but wasn't allowed to, *sigh).
#ProtistsOnSky
amazing! already as photo - must be 10-times the excitement seeing it in real time! 👏
November 27, 2025 at 12:45 PM
amazing! already as photo - must be 10-times the excitement seeing it in real time! 👏
...finally back in Plato's cave
November 27, 2025 at 12:40 PM
...finally back in Plato's cave