Weber Geomicro
Geomicrobiology & Biogeochemistry at Weber State University #wsugeomicro
Wednesday, September 6, 2023
Monday, March 20, 2023
As it turns out, we really do need oxygen to survive.
Thursday, September 24, 2020
Pyrococcus Furiosus
Pyrococcus Furiosus
Chloracidobacterium thermophilium Dating Profile
Chloracidobacterium thermophilium
I may be an acidobacterium, but I don’t have an acid tongue.
I’m pretty easy going and neutral on most things. I like hot summer days and
swimming in Yellowstone hot springs (44 - 58⁰C is just right 😊). I’m not much of a handyman; I couldn’t fix
your CO2. But I do have a lot of energy from soaking up the sun. I’m
fairly independent and like my space, but don’t want anyone to suck the oxygen
out of the room. I consider myself cultured, though my friends don’t tend to
be. I may need some of your branched amino acids and vitamin B12 is my favorite
present at Christmas. My greatest flaw is my job mining sulfur can get a little
smelly. I’m new to this website (discovered in 2007), so come say hi!
Monday, September 21, 2020
Friday, December 7, 2018
by Connor Harding
Hey Everyone, its been a while and I thought I posted this a long time ago.
As you can tell, we have a little bit going on here in the 4% saline column, only a 0.3cm black band. The water is slightly green which is a good indicator of cyanobacteria growth.
The 12% saline solution had no growth at this juncture, there were no observable bands of colorings.
Our control, which had no added saline, is growing fantastically, he has two bands, a 0.4cm wide black band that is 2.6cm below the water line. It has a nice thick green band of growth, of 2.2cm wide. His water has turned very green, with an abundance of algae or cyanobacteria growth.
The 8% solution has little growth, a single black band about 0.4 cm wide and it is 0.2cm below the surface line. The water is slightly green, which may be due to an algae or cyanobacteria presence.
The black line that we are seeing is likely a heterotrophic bacteria, due to its close growth with the green oxygen producers. Also because the control had a lot of green growth, the black band was thicker, so there is likely a correlation there, that more food meant more cellular division.
Friday, November 30, 2018
World's Hottest Microbe ;)
Oscillatoria princeps dating profile- extra credit
Oscillatoria princeps 131 📍 10 miles away
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