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if you need some inspo, id luv to see a stentor in a deerstalker. stentors are my fav ever :D <3 ur blog!

It shall be done! Tysm!

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this is such a cute blog omg,,,, if you take requests I have 2 lil microbial guys I'd love to see in hats:

- paramecium bursaria (bc my sona is one!)

- and rhizophagus irregularis (bc I study it!)

no worries if not!!! have a good day :)))

I always take requests! I'm always in need of more microbes to use, so it's a great help. If you have any particular hats you want them to have, let me know and I'll make it happen! If not, I'll figure out some to use.

Thank you for your support <3

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Vibrio cholerae

Photo credit: Rattanaphone Phetsouvanh, et al.

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This blog brings me so much joy, it tickles me.

That said, would you mind making a V. Cholera in a snorkel? Or maybe one of those old timey diving helmets?

Thank you very much, take care of yourself.

Thank you for your kind words! I appreciate your support. <3

I absolutely love getting requests, especially specific ones because then I don't have to do the work of finding a hat (aka asking my friend to pick one, usually).

It shall be done!

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Look at all the cute and fancy little things!

The little guys!

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Oh this is so cool! I don't know anything about Genshin but this is so good!

Dottore as Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Reason I made this

Idea credit: @microbes-in-hats

Photo credit: Guadalupe Zavala, et al. 2020

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Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Also known as brewer's yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae is commonly used in the fermentation of different alcohols, such as tequila.

Another strain, known as baker's yeast, is commonly used in baking bread and other bakery goods. A similar species, Saccharomyces exiguus, is a wild yeast found on some plants that is commonly used in sourdough starters

Photo credit: Guadalupe Zavala, et al.

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Penicillium cheresanum (left) and Penicillium verrucosum var. cyclopium (right)

Penicillium is a genus of molds, some species of which are known for producing penicillin antibiotics, while others are used in producing cheese. This genus currently contains about 470 accepted species (as listed by the Wikipedia page).

Photo credit: University of Adelaide

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Merismopedia elegans

Photo credit: Jason Oyadomari/Keweenaw Algae

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Pseudomonas mediterranea

Photo credit: @cytochrome-sea on Tumblr

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Flavobacterium columnare is the Dancing Queen. 😉

Perhaps it is

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And with yesterday's post, we've officially run out of queued posts and are now caught up with the Instagram account.

That means you will now unfortunately be subject to my ADHD and inconsistent posts, hypothetically every Tuesday and Thursday.

But maybe I can find other things to post here, if you guys are interested and/or have ideas. Maybe fun facts or poll quizzes, we'll see.

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Blepharisma americana

Photo credit: Gerd Guenther/Science Photo Library

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Wolbachia pipientis

As many as 25-70% of insect species are suspected to be carriers of some species of Wolbachia bacteria, which can affect their reproductive capabilities in one of four ways.

One way is that in some species, Wolbachia infection is able to induce parthenogenesis, a form of asexual reproduction in which an embryo can form from an unfertilized egg. Certain species within the Trichogramma parasitoid wasp genus have evolved to reproduce without males thanks to Wolbachia. Males are rare in the genus, possibly due to them being killed by the same bacteria.

Wolbachia infections in some fly and mosquito species have been linked to resistance to RNA viruses such as norovirus, West Nile virus, and Drosophila C virus.

Photo credit: El Hadji Amadou Niang

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Acanthamoeba sp.

Photo credit: Jacob Lorenzo-Morales, Naveed A. Khan, and Julia Walochnik

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Idoenella sakaiensis

Idoenella sakaiensis is a species of bacteria known for feeding on polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastics.

Photo credit: Kohei Oda, Kyoto Institute of Technology

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Deinococcus radiodurans

This species is known by the Guinness Book Of World Records in 1998 as the world's toughest known bacterium. It is capable of surviving cold, dehydration, vacuum, acid, space, and 5,000 grays (500,000 rads) of ionizing radiation, making it a polyextremophile.

Photo credit: U.S. government employee work; public domain. Multiple laboratories credited and every source is a dead link.