MicrobeWorld Video

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MicrobeWorld Video episodes

February 21, 2006 The View from the Forest
Dr. Dan Janzen and Dr. Ignacio Chapela catalog both the larger and microbial life forms inside a single ecosystem in Costa Rica, finding that neither plants, animals, nor microbes would be able to exist without the others.
26 min
February 14, 2006 Who Are We?
Dr. Karen Nelson and Dr. Craig Venter map the genome of Thermatoga, the microbes Dr. Karl Stetter discovered in Episode 1 of this podcast, and find convincing evidence that Thermatoga's origins are very close to the beginning of life on Earth.
20 min
February 07, 2006 Solving the Puzzle
A new understanding of life on Earth has forced us to redraw the tree of life. Dr. Carl Woese and Norman Pace describe the process and challenges of categorizing microbial life.
19 min
January 27, 2006 The Quest
Join Dr. Karl Stetter on a mission to find the closest living relative
of the first life on Earth as he discovers a strain of bacteria he
names "Thermatoga."
19 min

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A video podcast by the American Society for Microbiology that highlights the latest in microbiology, life science and biotechnology news. ASM is composed of over 42,000 scientists and health…