Matters Microbial #61: All In Due Time–How Bacteria Wake from Dormancy
Oct 17, 2024•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 61
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Matters Microbial #61: All In Due Time–How Bacteria Wake from Dormancy October 17, 2024
Today, Dr. Paul Carini, of the Environmental Science department of the University of Arizona, joins the #QualityQuorum to discuss how soil bacteria can become dormant, “wake up,” and why that is more relevant than you might suppose.
Host: Mark O. Martin
Guest: Paul Carini
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Links for this episode- A lovely essay about the “Cultivation Conundrum”: why so many microbes in nature cannot be grown in the laboratory.
- The “uncultivated majority” is often called “microbial dark matter,” described here.
- An essay about the scale of microbiology with some fascinating facts.
- Arizona Culture Collection project by Dr. Carini and colleagues.
- Dilution to extinction technique
- An overview of sporulation, including some fascinating variations.
- A description of Arthrobacter
- A description of Bradyrhizobium
- An essay explaining PCA plots
- An essay about intrinsically disordered proteins
- A very nice video about working in Dr. Carini’s lab. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.
- Dr. Carini’s faculty website.
- Dr. Carini’s fascinating laboratory website.
- Dr. Carini’s Substack page, where he explores many microbiological ideas.
Intro music is by Reber Clark
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