• Question: What type of bugs do you look at, and what do they mostly have in common?

    Asked by ultimatescientist to Duncan on 16 Mar 2013.
    • Photo: Duncan Gaskin

      Duncan Gaskin answered on 16 Mar 2013:

      I look at the bacteria that cause food poisoning. There a several that do this, and I look at Campylobacter and Clostridia. I have made bacteria that glow green when you shine blue light on them, and these are pretty cool to look at.

      What they all have in common is that they are very small (100x thinner than a human hair!) and that they all have DNA in them.

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