“These responses [to viscosity] are important for understanding not only the individual lives of microbes and the ecosystems they live in. They're important for understanding our own bodies because to many microbes, we are just another strange geographic feature to live in. We're a living bag of fluids that bacteria often find their way into. And how they navigate our body deepling impacts our health.”
Journey to the Microcosmos- Water Is Thicker When You’re Smaller
Images Originally Captured by Jam’s Germs
Spirochete bacterium 630x, Ciliate 630x. Diplomonad flagellates and ciliates 630x & slow down 500%, Rotifer & euglenids 400x, Leptophrys 630x, Milnesium 630x











