Bacteria Community

The taste of childhood ✨

As a child, my grandmother always had a kombucha in a large jar in her kitchen. It was believed that this drink was very beneficial for the stomach and so on, as it contained beneficial bacteria. I've always loved the taste of this drink, so I decided to try growing it too. Are there any other... read more

I can’t imagine waking up and spending the whole day without showering. Here, most people shower at least twice a day once after waking up and once before going to bed.

Even though we sleep in air-conditioned rooms and cool temperatures, our bodies still sweat during sleep. An average person can lose a significant amount of water overnight through perspiration and breathing, and dead skin cells, body oils, and bacteria continue to accumulate while we sleep. That’s... read more

The dragon problem

Class draconem Here's a draft. --- I've spent years building something I'd like to share with people who care about speculative biology. It's called Class Draconem — a scientifically grounded evolutionary history of dragons, starting from a real genetic event (a Hox gene duplication in a Silurian... read more

River Cleanup

Invited to a clean up party. Collectively removed 150lbs (68kg) of trash. I think this is going to be my weekly Sunday activity. Currently in talks for a research partnership to build automatic bacteria testing sites. ♻️

Lake Hillier, Australia 🇦🇺

Fun facts : The water, which remains pink even when bottled is safe to swim in and is surrounded by lush forests of eucalyptus and paperbark trees. The color is caused by the Dunaliella salina algae and Salinibacter ruber bacteria, these microorganism release a red pigment in response to high... read more

When you get ill on the farm

Been struggling with this girl the past month or so she developed some abcesses and it was in line with CL (which is bad you have to immediately cull them with CL) so vet confirmed not CL we still had no clue what was up, the abcesses never burst. So got them cultured and we are now treating her... read more