Me: WAT? Bacteria that are 0.6 mm long? Also me: Searching for largest known bacterium in the world which is Candidatus (Thiomargarita magnifica). It’s… ready for it? . . . . . . . . . . Up to 2 cm in size! Like, you don’t even need a microscope to see that. There is interesting science there…
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"Carter et al compare gut microbes from the Indigenous Hadza people of Tanzania with that of the Tsimane of Bolivia, whose populations diverged during human migrations that occurred tens of thousands of years ago....despite these dispersals, hundreds of microbial species are present in both groups"
Fe(III) oxide respiration by a Desulfovibrio species lacking canonical outer-membrane electron transfer systems #microbiology #iron #MicroSky @asm.org journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
So, apparently the genetic diversity and the presence of structure is not a remedy for the extinction. At least for endemics on islands. 🧪⚒️ #Geology #Paleobio #EvoBio
