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Serendipitous history in the microbial making

Posted on 24 Jul, 2020 by Kelle Freel

It’s been over 100 years since the Dutch Microbiologist Martinus Willem Beijerinck theorized that microbes could oxidize manganese to generate energy for growth. Last week, the first evidence for this theory was published, and you might be surprised about from … Continue reading →

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Loki and behold: one microbial culture that brings us one leap closer to understanding the origins of eukaryotic cells

Posted on 23 Aug, 2019 by Kelle Freel

What were you doing 10 years ago? Can you remember? Were you, perhaps, trying to sort out the origins of eukaryotic life? A pre-print (yet to be peer-reviewed) was released earlier this month by Imachi et al., describing a 12 … Continue reading →

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