Bitey

Correct me if I’m wrong…. But isn’t finding a new bacteria rather common for people who look at bacteria?

Yes.

For a long time identifying bacteria required growing them on different media. If then bacteria didn't grow on the media,, we didn't know what it was. However for most pathogenic bacterium we did figure out how to culture them.

Then molecular biology advanced to a level where we can amplify and sequence a single bacterium's DNA. This has led to a continuous stream of new species discoveries from different environments.

Finding a new pathogenic bacteria for humans is still a rare discovery.
It's new to me.

Way to ruin that guy's Plague Inc run, man.

For science!

🫱😾

I foster extra spicy kittens and tame them so they can be adopted. Each time one bites me I think about how I have almost no insurance and this could be the one that unalives me. Those puncture bites are amazing. This little predator weighing less than 1% what I do can do me in with just their teeth.

My pet geese are so much safer.

spicy kitten

If it looks like this, it's a lynx.
- This spicy puppy was recued from a frozen lake and driven to the vet.
- That's a werewolf kitten, you can't fool me
- No lynx native to my area. But a bobcat is always an option. Some legends tell of cougars. I can always hope.
Foster also, just had a foster fail.

But man, even if it killed me, still totally worth it.
- We had four cats die within a year. All orange boys.
  
  Then one day I get a call from a place I'm doing Trap Neuter Release. Some mom just dropped three kids on a porch. I go grab the kids and set a trap for mom. I get the kids home. Three orange girls, two are bobtails. I've been on the hunt for an orange girl for years. Jackpot.
  
  Really hoping we get mom because these are bottle babies. Get mom. Orange girl with even less tail.
  
  I know I'm probably keeping mom no matter how feral she is. Definitely one of the kids too.
  
  Time to make the decision. Which kid to keep. Wife vetoes me. We are keeping them all. Plus two more orange girls that will show up over the year. I have six orange girls. Probably more than anyone on the east coast. So much foster fail. So few braincells.
  
  Eventually tame mom after 12 months and multiple attempts on my life. So many orange girls.

More info: https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/29/8/22-1770_article

Sure, he gave permission for them to publish the paper about him. But, did he give them permission to address him solely as "48 year old obese man?"
- That is literally adding insult to injury.

I call the big one bitey!

The most important part is missing: Did he got to name the bacteria?

Cat haters violently rubbing their hands...

How do you violently rub your hands? Do you mean excitedly?
- You rub them so hard it starts producing smoke!
- You imagine that you're grinding up little tiny people between your hands while giving an over-the-top maniacal laugh.
- Did you ever play Mario Party and try to win the raft game?
  
  Like that but with both hands, the skin just rubs off