Microbe Mastery Gifts

'I don't believe it - if this evidence is correct it'll rock the very foundations of our research grant application.'

"I'm going to get you fired."

"That new antibiotic seems to be working. Time to evolve again."

'Catch this!'

Lyme Disease Research Lab

Centers for Disease Control. Staff Picks. Jean. Rob. Carly. Ed. Sonia. Kim.

"Ever killed a man?"

'Look - it's SUPERBUG!'

'Walking your pet amoeba again, Henry?'

Friendly bacteria

"I feel so seen right now."

'The anaerobic ones are just sitting there, but the aerobic bacteria are doing jumping jacks, sit-up, leg lifts....'

Louis Pasteur

'This is quite a thrill. I've never been on electron microscope before.'

Just what is it that amoebas really want.

"Kind of makes your feel large and significant, doesn't it?"

Being the gentleman he was, Brian insisted on paying in restaurants even though he suddenly realised that dating a bacterium was going to be more expensive than he first thought.

Adios Amoebas

Scientist to scientist looking in microscope: 'Be careful - they sense fear.'

"They don't look familiar...probably from another fecal transplant."

Louis Pasteur Caricature

"What I really hate is preventive medicine. They go after us before we even do anything."

'What do you want to be when you grow up?'

Tetracycline: Bicycle built for 4 organisms.'

God: 'Man has dominion over fish...beasts...and germs have dominion over man.'

Germ Home

Sporozoa: One of the earliest philosophers.

Bacteria doing their anaerobic exercises.

"You've heard of that new virus that's been going around? It's me!"

'I don't know what this is, but you should see how fast it's growing!'

'The anaerobic ones are just sitting there, but the aerobic bacteria are doing jumping jacks, sit-up, leg lifts....'

Friendly bacteria of the human gut.

'My favorites are Leeuwenhoek, who proved we exist, and Pasteur, who showed the world we have some clout.'

"Femember, if they catch you and put you in a vaccine, you're working for the enemy."

'Looks like a virus.'