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Category: Let's Talk About Sex, Baby • Microbiology • Plasmids
Posted on: December 24, 2006 11:52 AM, by Mike
...so no blogging. Instead, I'll leave you with a "make sexy time" photo (to steal Borat's phrase):
It's E. coli having sex. Well, actually it's conjugation. Many bacteria have plasmids which are 'mini-chromosomes' (antibiotic resistance genes are often found on plasmids). The bacteria are able to build protein tubes ("pili") and send copies of plasmids to another cell.
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Comments
Happy birthday!
Posted by: coturnix | December 24, 2006 1:08 PM
Dude: You just blogged that you're not blogging. Now I have cognitive dissonance. Or perhaps you do.
But happy birthday!
Posted by: Zeno | December 24, 2006 1:42 PM
Happy Birthday!
Posted by: Baron | December 24, 2006 4:31 PM
Happy Birthday from South Africa :)
Posted by: Beluga | December 24, 2006 5:01 PM
Happy birthday.
Posted by: Mustafa Mond, FCD | December 24, 2006 8:37 PM
Happy Birthday
Posted by: Larry Lennhoff | December 25, 2006 10:50 AM
Cheers Dr Mike, Happy B-day
Posted by: Rob | December 25, 2006 10:53 PM
Happy (belated) birthday!!!
Get yourself an E. coli giant plush microbe. My 8 month old girl got Ebola for Christmas. :)
Posted by: Jessika | December 26, 2006 9:21 AM
Hey, Mike, Happy Birthday!
Mike
Posted by: Mike Haubrich, FCD | December 24, 2007 5:42 PM