When we assign terms to microbes that sound absolute or fixed, our brains want to bin microbes permanently into those categories. We struggle to recognize the shifting status. I saw this when teaching students new to micro, and I bet it subconsciously affects experienced microbiologists, too.
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WNBA isn’t the easiest to keep track of with games across so many different streaming platforms, but I’m glad I caught this Fever/Mystics game. Caitlin Clark drained an absurd three-pointer from at least two feet beyond the line with 3 seconds left to win it. Fun game!
Finished PATHOGENESIS: A HISTORY OF THE WORLD IN EIGHT PLAGUES by Jonathan Kennedy, who combines history, sociology & public health to highlight how microbes shape humanity’s trajectory.
“very often we don’t make history in circumstances of our own choosing, but in circumstances created by microbes”
Now entertaining myself during what would have been the second men’s semifinal by wondering exactly what pathogen sickened Arnaldi. I assume the doc said virus based on symptoms, timeline, etc. Let’s sequence to know for sure!
Thought-provoking read!
For me, given how context and conditions shape the outcome of host-microbe relationships, I would prefer a terminology that acknowledges the temporary state. Maybe something like Streptococcus (state 0) when commensal, shifting to Steptococcys (state -1) when pathogenic.
Gastrointestinal virus causes Matteo Arnaldi to withdraw from the French Open minutes before he was scheduled to play in the semifinal.
Microbes. Casually disrupting the best laid plans of mice and men since the planet first had mice and men.
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I feel like I missed something here. I went to the link but didn’t see an explanation for dropping “American Society for Microbiology” in favor of ASM. I know there’s a new strategic roadmap but where does this fit in?
Binning Singletons
Binning Singletons
Enthusiastic about microbiology, predatory bacteria, undergraduate research and scholarship, books, tennis, and cats.
Athens, GA.
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