Today Dr. Arash Komeili, professor of plant and microbial biology at UC Berkeley, joins the #QualityQuorum to discuss compartmentalization in bacteria, and the amazing world of living magnets—the magnetotactic bacteria!

Host: Mark O. Martin

Guest: Arash Komeili

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Links for this episode

• “Hooked by Bex”’s Etsy page.
• An introduction to Paenibacillus.
• More wonderful information on this fascinating bacterium.
• Another remarkable article on colony pattern formation by this microbe.
• An interesting essay about how Paenibacillus can move other organisms around, from the wonderful Small Things Considered blog.
• Muriwai Beach in New Zealand.
• Magnetic sand in New Zealand article.
• A lovely introductory video about magnetotactic bacteria.
• A video “dance” of the magnetotactic bacteria.
• An introduction to magnetotactic bacteria.
• Techniques to isolate/enrich for magnetotactic bacteria of your own.
• A wonderful article on analyzing magnetotactic microbes from the Komeili lab.
• Dr. Komeili’s faculty website.
• Dr. Komeili’s laboratory website.

Intro music is by Reber Clark

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