Microbial Art
I was delighted to come across Microbial Art today, via Easternblot. It’s exactly what it sounds like–a group of biologists who enjoy experimenting with the aesthetic opportunities of cultured microbes. As, in my experience, these opportunities are fairly few in the course of their normal use–mostly they just smell funny and look like yellowish fuzz–I think it’s a worthy effort. Think of it as the biologists’ answer to latte art.
(I humbly submit my own picture of a dried-out agar culture plate that once held E. coli.)
Tags: art, bored biologists, critters growing, microbial art, science