December 6, 2017

Fun

Microbial Advent Calendar – 06 Two Cousins from Opposite Poles

Day six of our Microbial Advent Calendar - today we look at two cousins from two poles: Octadecabacter arcticus and Octadecabacter antarcticus. They belong to the Roseobacter family within the Alphaproteobacteria class. These rod-shaped bacteria are found, like their name suggests, in icy water in the Arctic and Antarctica. They…

AdrienDecember 6, 2017

Fun Play with Data

Microbial Advent Calendar – 05 Winter’s black death

For the fifth day of our Microbial Advent Calendar I wanted to start with: Yersinia pestis, the party crasher of 1665 that pretty much ruined Christmas and everything else in London during that year and the following one. Although it did ruin everything, while reading about it I realized it…

AdrienDecember 6, 2017

Microbial Advent Calendar – 06 Two Cousins from Opposite Poles

Microbial Advent Calendar – 05 Winter’s black death

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