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WRETCHEDSORCERESS wrote

Arthrospira platensis, commonly known as spirulina, can take on discrete morphologies depending on environmental conditions: helical as the name implies but also linear! theyre shapechanging out here

Aureispira is a predatory bacterium which uses a heptameric "grappling hook" to catch prey and reel itself in then shotgun blast them to death with a type 6 secretion system

Actinosynnema can grow insane branching fractal mycelial hyphae-like synemata structures in agar medium and into the air. they found that guy in New Jersey!

ok those are 3 interesting bacteria whose names start with 'A' that I can think of rn

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rain wrote

ok those are 3 interesting bacteria whose names start with 'A' that I can think of rn

Ok now I’m curious: can you think of any beginning with the letter “q”?

And I’ve said it before but I’ll say it again, I love your microbe posts! They are part of what got me posting here :)

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