This post is part of the Meet a Microbe series on the blog. Check it out to meet other microbes! Anyone who has dabbled into molecular biology knows that Escherichia coli has been the go-to model organism for quite some time. As an organism that is easy to grow and easy to genetically manipulate in the lab,…
Category: Meet a Microbe
This section of the blog features one microbe per article. It’s a great primer to get to know the members of the microbial world.
Head on below to meet a microbe or two!
Meet a Microbe: Nanopusillus acidilobi, an archaeon found in Yellowstone National Park
This post is part of the Meet a Microbe series on the blog. Check it out to meet other microbes! “Life has evolved to thrive in environments that are extreme only by our limited human standards: in the boiling battery acid of Yellowstone hot springs, in the cracks of permanent ice sheets, in the cooling waters of…


