Tom Lie
@tauroic1.bsky.social
Methanogenophile! Microbial physiology, microbial diversity, ecology and genetics of strict anaerobes and some facultatives 😃🦠🧫🧪🧬. Dabbling photographer.
The methanogens never fail to put on a good show 😁
October 10, 2025 at 6:52 PM
The methanogens never fail to put on a good show 😁
Volta experiment-Igniting microbially produced methane 🔥🦠 Watch your eyebrows!!
November 17, 2024 at 6:04 AM
Volta experiment-Igniting microbially produced methane 🔥🦠 Watch your eyebrows!!
Geobacter metallireducens
January 14, 2024 at 7:16 AM
Geobacter metallireducens
One of the many crazy Seattle weathers; just before some hail during sunset
January 12, 2024 at 6:21 PM
One of the many crazy Seattle weathers; just before some hail during sunset
Playing with Geobacter metallireducans; a bacterium which dislikes oxygen and loves to eat iron. Tubes showing growth and no growth (yet) on iron citrate.
January 8, 2024 at 5:14 PM
Playing with Geobacter metallireducans; a bacterium which dislikes oxygen and loves to eat iron. Tubes showing growth and no growth (yet) on iron citrate.
Pondering….
Pacific Northwest
Pacific Northwest
December 16, 2023 at 7:12 PM
Pondering….
Pacific Northwest
Pacific Northwest
Cluster of dividing cells
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10427015/
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10427015/
December 16, 2023 at 7:09 PM
Cluster of dividing cells
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10427015/
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10427015/
November 24, 2023 at 4:55 PM
Separating a mix of two different types of microbes on agar surface.
November 24, 2023 at 4:52 PM
Separating a mix of two different types of microbes on agar surface.
Working with microbes which do not like oxygen (anaerobes) is a fun challenge. So much we still don’t know.
#anaerobes #anaerobichood #microbiology #scienceoutreach #microbialdiversity
#anaerobes #anaerobichood #microbiology #scienceoutreach #microbialdiversity
November 23, 2023 at 10:52 PM
Working with microbes which do not like oxygen (anaerobes) is a fun challenge. So much we still don’t know.
#anaerobes #anaerobichood #microbiology #scienceoutreach #microbialdiversity
#anaerobes #anaerobichood #microbiology #scienceoutreach #microbialdiversity