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Human Methane: The Microbes of Flatulence
Methane microbes are among trillions of microorganisms who call humans home. In digestion these prokaryotes create colorless, odorless...
Sylvia Rose
Oct 22, 20245 min read
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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,...
Sylvia Rose
Oct 22, 20245 min read
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Alchemy: Circulation & the Pelican Phantasy
Circulation is one of many processes of alchemy. The purification of a substance is achieved through circular distillation in a pelican...
Sylvia Rose
Oct 21, 20243 min read
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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 be...
Sylvia Rose
Oct 21, 20245 min read
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Microbial Alchemy: Fermentation, Digestion, Putrefaction
Alchemy uses natural processes, often driven by microbial forces. Unseen biological entities include bacteria, amoeba and flagellates....
Sylvia Rose
Oct 20, 20244 min read
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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....
Sylvia Rose
Oct 20, 20245 min read
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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...
Sylvia Rose
Oct 19, 20244 min read
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Alchemy & Heat: Decomposition of Horse Manure
Decomposing horse manure is essential in the alchemical process of digestion. A flask of substances is buried in dung. As if by magic the...
Sylvia Rose
Oct 19, 20245 min read
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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,...
Sylvia Rose
Oct 19, 20245 min read
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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...
Sylvia Rose
Oct 18, 20244 min read
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Talc (Magnesium Silicate): Beauty, Art & Industry
Talc or hydrated magnesium silicate is a naturally occurring mineral, primarily composed of magnesium, silicon, and oxygen. With its...
Sylvia Rose
Oct 18, 20245 min read
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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...
Sylvia Rose
Oct 16, 20244 min read
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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...
Sylvia Rose
Oct 16, 20244 min read
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10 Ancient Spices of Trade, Health & Beauty
Spices come from distant lands along ancient trade routes. These commodities bring flavor to food, health and beauty to consumers and...
Sylvia Rose
Oct 16, 20246 min read
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Gum Arabic (Acacia Gum) Art, Food & Medicine
Gum arabic, also known as acacia gum, is a natural substance derived from sap of Acacia trees, especially Acacia senegal . This sticky,...
Sylvia Rose
Oct 15, 20244 min read
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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...
Sylvia Rose
Oct 15, 20244 min read
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Elemental Carbon (C) Science & Secrets
Carbon is the ubiquitous element. Art, beauty, science and health pivot around the life force of carbon. Here's the nature of carbon, its...
Sylvia Rose
Oct 15, 20245 min read
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Flowers of Sulfur (Brimstone): Creation & Uses
Flowers of sulfur, often termed flowers of brimstone, are crumbly pale yellow powders popular with chemists, botanists, and artisans....
Sylvia Rose
Oct 13, 20243 min read
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Potassium Hydroxide (KOH) Caustic Potash
Potassium Hydroxide, also known as caustic potash, has a history dating back to ancient times. A versatile chemical compound, it's used...
Sylvia Rose
Oct 13, 20244 min read
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Rot & Decay: Process of Organic Putrefaction
Decay is a fundamental aspect of life cycles. An essential and complex process in the natural world, decay involves breakdown of organic...
Sylvia Rose
Oct 13, 20245 min read
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