Archives for November 2011

The bacterial full stop

November 13, 2011 by micrognome Leave a Comment

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.

Filed Under: Featured, μGnomics Tagged With: apostrophe, bacteria, comma, exclamation mark, full stop, language of infection, period, punctuation, question mark, stop codon, synergistic infection, viruses

Cultural diversity

November 6, 2011 by micrognome Leave a Comment

Cultural diversity: the recent Perth CHOGM was a great excuse for a celebration of culture, highlighting WA biodiversity to the rest of the world

Filed Under: Featured, Review, μGnews Tagged With: bacterial biodiversity, CHOGM, cultural diversity, fireworks, flags, Kimberley, Perth, Western Australia

Common enteric parasites

November 6, 2011 by micrognome Leave a Comment

Common enteric parasites: the top ten enteric parasites of medical significance recognised in Australian centres

Filed Under: FACTM, μGnostics, μGnotes Tagged With: Australia, clinical parasitology, common enteric parasites, Cryptosporidium, Entamoeba, enteric parasites, FACTM, Giardia, Schistosoma, Strongyloides

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MASH fans will be familiar with Trapper and Hawkeye. Their present-day counterparts have been busy fighting arbovirus vectors in the … [More...]

The MicroGnome's been busy lately. While engaged in environmental health assessment field work at a location 'somewhere to the south of … [More...]

It is the 70th anniversary of the bombing of Darwin during the Second World War. More bombs rained down on Darwin Harbour that during the … [More...]

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The bacterial full stop

Cultural diversity

Common enteric parasites

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