SCIENCE NEWS
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- Issue: No 5 (2022)
- Pages: 63-66
- Section: Articles
- URL: https://journals.eco-vector.com/0032-874X/article/view/627670
- ID: 627670
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Abstract
Microorganisms are no longer micro: a huge bacterium visible to the naked eye has been discovered (63). Belly button of a Dino (64). Venom of snakes and spiders is non-sterile (65).
References
- Volland J.-M., Gonzalez-Rizzo S., Gros O. et al. A centimeter-long bacterium with DNA contained in metabolically active membrane-bound organelles. Science. 2022; 376(6600): 1453–1458. doi: 10.1126/science.abb3634.
- Bell P.R., Hendrickx C., Pittman M. et al. Oldest preserved umbilical scar reveals dinosaurs had ‘belly buttons’. BMC Biol. 2022; 20: 132. doi: 10.1186/s12915-022-01329-9.
- Glaser H.S.R. Bactericidal activity of crotalus venom in vitro. Copeia. 1948; 4: 245–247. doi: 10.2307/1438710.
- Esmaeilishirazifard E., Usher L., Trim C. et al. Bacterial adaptation to venom in snakes and arachnida. Microbiology Spectrum. 2022. doi: 10.1128/spectrum.02408-21.
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