How to Name a Microbe

There’s a story behind every microbe’s name, and that of the Phacus smulkowskianus is surprisingly sweet.

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SOURCES:
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/asterion
https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/08/tiny-tardigrades-crash-landed-on-the-moon-and-probably-survived/
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/229639250_Paramecium_sonneborni_n_sp_a_New_Member_of_the_Paramecium_aurelia_Species-Complex1
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK8817/

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