Microbe Magazine

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“A Curious Thing in the Medical Line”
In 1799, a Boston newspaper, the Columbian Centinel, published a letter from a local physician, Benjamin Waterhouse (1754–1846), commenting on a British smallpox pamphlet. That letter, “A Curious Thing in the Medical Line,” introduced Centine... More...
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Clouds Provide Atmospheric Oases for Microbes
When thermodynamic conditions prove favorable in the atmosphere, water vapor condenses on aerosol particle surfaces, forming micrometer-sized droplets or ice crystals constituting clouds. Even though clouds gather only 0.03% of the fresh water on Earth, they are important components of climate, a...
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Tracking Winners and Losers in E. coli Evolution Experiments
Without watching evolution in action, it is difficult to imagine how stepwise mutations from a common ancestor can add up to the differences between Escherichia coli and elephants. Field studies, such as those of Darwin's finches in the Galapagos, show that evo...
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