

MICRO-C-OMICS #12: Lets Exchange Some Products
There are many ways microorganisms can interact. One way is by exchanging their (by)products, that is each organism can use the other’s...


MICRO-C-OMICS #11: Lets Exchange Some Genes -Extracellular Vesicle Mediated
Microorganisms can exchange genetic information, a process commonly called Horizontal Gene Transfer (HGT). Microorganisms do it to adapt...


MICRO-C-OMICS #10: Lets Exchange Some Genes -Transformation
Microorganisms can exchange genetic information, a process commonly called Horizontal Gene Transfer (HGT). Microorganisms do it to adapt...


MICRO-C-OMICS #7: Art-loving Bacteria
Who knew that bacteria have an appetite for art ! Well, maybe not as we human do but they certainly enjoy “eating” the paintings. The...


MICRO-C-OMICS #4: Weaver Bacteria
There are cotton fabrics, wool fabrics, leather fabrics, synthetic fabrics. Now we are talking about bacterial fabrics, and already...


MICRO-C-OMICS #2. Biofilm form of life
Biofilms are aggregates of microorganisms growing on the surfaces, such as the plaque on your teeth, or the slimy layer on the rocks in...


Adventurous Life of Microbes, a MICRO-C-OMICS series
It has been always in some part of my mind to make microbial comics, in fact I was considering to publish a comic version of my thesis...


Dance of filamentous bacteria and racing DNAs
When I was working on my master thesis at NCSU, my advisor Francis and I were talking about making calendars and exhibitions of the...