Acid-Producing Bacteria in Sulfuric Acid Creation
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Thiobacillus, Thiothrix, and Beggiatoa are genera of acid-producing bacteria with significant contributions to creation of sulfuric...
Sylvia Rose
Oct 233 min read
Catalase: Unseen Enzymes Essential to Life
Catalase is an enzyme found in carbon life forms, including humans. It's known for its exceptional ability to decompose hydrogen peroxide...
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Sylvia Rose
Oct 235 min read
Hydrogen Peroxide H2O2 Decomposition
Hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) is a basic disinfectant and bleach of many households. If stored too long it will decompose. The decomposition...
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Sylvia Rose
Oct 224 min read
Rotten Egg Sulfur Smell: Microbial Processes
The rotten egg sulfur smell is associated with hydrogen sulfide (H₂S), a colorless gas. The unpleasant odor can arise in water supplies,...
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Sylvia Rose
Oct 225 min read
Human Methane: Meet the Microbes of Flatulence
Methane microbes or prokaryotes are among trillions of microorganisms who call humans home. Methane prokaryotes produce colorless,...
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Sylvia Rose
Oct 225 min read
Methanogens: Microbes of Methane Production
Methane (CH4) is a familiar gas emanating from cow dung. Methane's creators are invisible creatures known today as methanaogens,...
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Sylvia Rose
Oct 214 min read
Lactic Acid Bacteria: Nature to Modern Uses
Lactic acid bacteria are important to fermentation of human foods like yogurt, pickles and cheese. Their transformative powers might seem...
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Sylvia Rose
Oct 204 min read
Microbial Alchemy: Fermentation, Digestion, Putrefaction
Alchemy uses natural processes, often driven by microbial forces. Unseen biological entities include bacteria, amoeba and flagellates....
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Sylvia Rose
Oct 205 min read
The Unseen World: Protozoans in Nature
Protozoa are single-celled organisms integral to ecosystems worldwide. As microbes they're microscopic and invisible to the human eye....
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Sylvia Rose
Oct 194 min read
Microbes: Bacteria, Actinomycetes, Protozoa, Fungi & Viruses
Microbes are invisible and exist everywhere, in air, water and soil. Scientists find microbes living in the charred soil wildfires leave...
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Sylvia Rose
Oct 194 min read
Digestion & Horse Manure: Alchemy Process
Digestion is the alchemical process of applying steady heat to a substance in a flask or container. Digestion can last hours or days. The...
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Sylvia Rose
Oct 195 min read
Meet the Microbes - History of Microbiology
Microbiology explores the world of microbes or micro-organisms. It reveals a hidden dimension of unseen forces shaping health,...
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Sylvia Rose
Oct 184 min read
Acetic Acid Bacteria for Vinegar Artisans: Acetobacter
Acetobacter bacteria are a group of acetic acid bacteria species integral to natural processes such as turning wine to vinegar. Their...
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Sylvia Rose
Oct 175 min read
Bacteria: Unseen Driving Force Behind All Life
Bacteria are responsible for millions of vital processes hidden from our everyday perception. These single-celled organisms are essential...
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Sylvia Rose
Oct 164 min read
Secret Life of Rust: Power of Bacteria
Rust hides within itself a secret life, orchestrated by industrious communities of microscopic bacteria with immense power in the process...
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Sylvia Rose
Oct 164 min read
Xanthan Gum & Plant Blight: Xanthomonas Campestris
In microbiology the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris can be a gift from nature or a scourge of plants. Tiny but mighty, these...
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Sylvia Rose
Oct 154 min read
Secrets of Xanthan Gum for Artists & Chefs
Xanthan Gum, a versatile ingredient with various applications, is a growing trend in multiple industries. In art and food it's valued as...
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