Bacteria Everywhere

Research Article| October 01 2010 Bacteria Everywhere Maura C. Flannery Maura C. Flannery 2 1Department Editor, St. John's University, Jamaica, NY 11439 2e-mail: flannerm@stjohns.edu Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar 2e-mail: flannerm@stjohns.edu The American Biology Teacher (2010) 72 (8): 513–516. https://doi.org/10.1525/abt.2010.72.8.10 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation Maura C. Flannery; Bacteria Everywhere. The American Biology Teacher 1 October 2010; 72 (8): 513–516. doi: https://doi.org/10.1525/abt.2010.72.8.10 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentThe American Biology Teacher Search It's about time that we stopped being surprised by bacteria. So many articles on these organisms express amazement that bacteria are found where no life was expected to be, or are unbelievably abundant, or have unforeseen capabilities. After so many shocks, shouldn't we have figured out that bacteria are truly wonderful and just expect to be flabbergasted? I was thrilled when I found out ABT was planning a themed issue on microbes, because this gave me a chance to write about my favorite organisms. However, the problem with bacteria is that there are so many of them, and they do so many astounding things, that it's hard to focus. I ended up deciding to go deep — deep into the earth and deep into the ocean — to see what the latest research has revealed. Needless to say, I found some amazing things. Before I go further, I should say... You do not currently have access to this content.