Today, Dr. Esther Angert of Cornell University joins the #QualityQuorum to discuss the role her research collaborators have had studying truly gigantic bacteria, and the adaptations these enormous microbes must make to their size!

Host: Mark O. Martin

Guest: Esther Angert

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Links for this episode

• A video describing the surface area versus volume problem in biology.
• A wonderful introductory essay on sizes of bacteria…both big and small.
• An older review article on giant bacteria.
• A more recent review article on giant bacteria.
• A video about Epulopiscium.  
• An essay about Epulopiscium.
• An overview of Epulopiscium by Dr. Angert.
• A recent research article on Epulopiscium from Dr. Angert’s research group.
• An essay about Thiomargarita namibiensis.
• An essay about Achromatium, another giant microbe.
• An essay about the current most mammoth microbe, Thiomargarita magnifica
• A more scientific article on Thiomargarita magnifica with Dr. Angert as co-author.
• Dr. Angert’s faculty and administrative website.
• Dr. Angert’s truly wonderful laboratory website.

Intro music is by Reber Clark

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