Matters Microbial #43: New Archaea from old habitats

[@daviddehghan]

Amazing conversation. Thanks you

[@muscovyducks]

Big fan of the two domain tree of life here! Really enjoyed this talk. I would be interested in hearing about the role of the unique cell membrane chemical structure in Archaea's evolution, and how it fits into the Archaeal origin model of eukaryogenesis (since we share cell membrane structure with Bacteria rather than Archaea.)

[@tonaruch8623]

Hope you’re feeling well Dr Martin

[@loopbraider]

Very informative and exciting interview, thank you both! At every turn Archaea keep surprising! So much great information, including the idea of being back to two super kingdoms and that we are likely descended from archaea. Also about the process and progress of scientific investigation. The analogy of counting, listing, and itemizing individual animals seen in a sample plot in the Serengeti 'en masse' - (while missing the crocodiles and the geographical barrier of the river) to show the limitations of only using basic metagenomics to investigate microbial ecological relationships is very clear, and funny as well! Also the analogy of going to a zoo to watch captive lions being fed dead chickens as an analogy for culturing E. coli in the lab to find out what it does in nature. I too haven't yet been to Yellowstone, though I have visited some very remote and wild hot and warm springs in Nevada that were full of visible amazing life forms so probably full of invisible ones as well. Including some that bit us! (PS - watching this while wearing a bandage over my own Mohs surgery site! I too always wear a hat outside, from my desert hiking days, but apparently need to add sunscreen too, at least on my nose.)

[@ehfik]

excellent. greetings from vienna!

[@tonaruch8623]

Dr Martin, have you been to Rotorua in New Zealand?

[@DavidHonig-b9e]

Take care hat is cool!

[@lucash7012]

How do you like living in Tacoma Washington? I’m in Phoenix AZ where it’s 109 degrees today and dreaming about moving there 😂

[@DavidHonig-b9e]

Wa and solar damage? Wtf