In today's episode, we discuss a recent discovery of a reaaaaaally big bacteria, like way big! Big enough that you can see it without a microscope! Longer than a fruit fly! BIG!
How can a bacteria get so big? What is going on there? Let's discuss it!
References:
<a href="https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abb3634">https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abb3634</a>
<a href="https://www.science.org/content/article/largest-bacterium-ever-discovered-has-unexpectedly-complex-cells">https://www.science.org/content/article/largest-bacterium-ever-discovered-has-unexpectedly-complex-cells</a>

In today's episode, we discuss a recent discovery of a reaaaaaally big bacteria, like way big! Big enough that you can see it without a microscope! Longer than a fruit fly! BIG! How can a bacteria get so big? What is going on there? Let's discuss it! References: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abb3634 https://www.science.org/content/article/largest-bacterium-ever-discovered-has-unexpectedly-complex-cells

In today's episode, we discuss a recent discovery of a reaaaaaally big bacteria, like way big! Big enough that you can see it without a microscope! Longer than a fruit fly! BIG!
How can a bacteria get so big? What is going on there? Let's discuss it!
References:
<a href="https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abb3634" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abb3634</a>
<a href="https://www.science.org/content/article/largest-bacterium-ever-discovered-has-unexpectedly-complex-cells" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.science.org/content/article/largest-bacterium-ever-discovered-has-unexpectedly-complex-cells</a>

Ep. 162 Really Huge Bacteria

Profane, insane, and 100% primo science, Petri Dish is a no-BS podcast that explores the wildest subjects in modern science with clarity and evil joy.

Hosted by Sean Allen, a Nanoparticle/Immunology Researcher, and Nathan Allen, his "screenwriter" brother, Petri Dish fuses hard science with a freewheeling and madcap conversational style. 

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Profane, insane, and 100% primo science, Petri Dish is a no-BS podcast that explores the wildest subjects in modern science with clarity and evil joy. Hosted by Sean Allen, a Nanoparticle/Immunology Researcher, and Nathan Allen, his "screenwriter" brother, Petri Dish fuses hard science with a freewheeling and madcap conversational style. Cannabinoids, Plague, Cats, the dreaded Candiru, and the even more dreaded Covid-19: all these and more are dissected with intellect and irreverence, dropping every week. So reject ignorance. Join the Scientific Revolution. Join Petri Dish.

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