tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8441491750914005356.post3874930550161697157..comments2023-06-16T12:27:49.821+01:00Comments on Microbes Rule the Waves - 2013: A nanoscopic insight into marine bacterial interactionsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8441491750914005356.post-74075828090529194322013-10-30T18:52:50.460+00:002013-10-30T18:52:50.460+00:00Thanks Colin, I'll be sure to check it out.Thanks Colin, I'll be sure to check it out.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05400426162718169047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8441491750914005356.post-77063452393831400262013-10-23T10:36:57.266+01:002013-10-23T10:36:57.266+01:00I love this work - I'm so chuffed that Malfatt...I love this work - I'm so chuffed that Malfatti and Azam let me use one of their images on the front cover of my book! If you want to link some of the other content of that lecture with these ideas, you may be interested to know here is a great review by Roman Stocker published in 2012. Here's the link - http://www.sciencemag.org/content/338/6107/628.full<br />Colin Munnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09574545828249747262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8441491750914005356.post-85789107597385312582013-10-22T13:35:42.116+01:002013-10-22T13:35:42.116+01:00Hi George, It is pretty amazing isn't it? We ...Hi George, It is pretty amazing isn't it? We are very visual creatures, its difficult to connect and envisage something that we can't see!<br />The authors only took two samples from the Antarctic, both in July 2006. I totally agree with your point about microbe interactions in Antarctica, but it is potentially interesting that they found no evidence of gels or networks there. Maybe the system works in another way? Collecting more samples spread over the course of the year and testing lower temperature limits of the gels/networks would allow falsification of this conjecture.<br />Thanks for your input, Rachel.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05400426162718169047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8441491750914005356.post-48419986952802563112013-10-21T18:54:48.000+01:002013-10-21T18:54:48.000+01:00It's amazing that you can take a picture of so...It's amazing that you can take a picture of something so microscopic, just goes to show how important it is for us, as visual animals, to be able to see things in understanding them. Did they sample throughout the year at in the Antarctic location? It seems to me that Antarctic microbial communities would still have as much need for interacting with other cells as in any other environment.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08280730274629709918noreply@blogger.com