Shark politics

WA shark map mini

Shark politics: should we abandon use of the term “shark attack”.
Follow sightings, near-misses and attacks on un updated map.

The bacterial full stop

The bacterial full stop, viral question mark and parasitic comma should all give you reason to pause for breath, if not reflection. Read how the language of infection is punctuated here.

snowflake?

Fractal geometry, anyone?

Snowflake? the beauty of fractal geometry as demonstrated by a colony of bacteria growing on a semi-solid agar surface

Numero – number

Zero

Infection is a numbers game, so it is suprising that clinical microbiology is a mainly qualitative science. Here are some thoughts on the problem of zero, the myth of one and how to get your ducks in a row.

Best of the rest

our selection of blogs on microbiology & infection