Microbes I'd like to see

Bill Maher just had a show on Real Time with Bill Maher where he talked about how every year there seems to be a new microbial threat...Avian Bird Flu, SARS, Monkey Pox etc. Maybe GiantMicrobes should have a One Hit Wonders series....

I still prefer the big-time heavy hitters. Small Pox is the particular fiend I await.

I'd like to see a Bacteriophage just because it looks cool. I wouldn't mind seeing a giant Staphylococcus (staph)

[kskerr]

I would love to see some probiotics, that would be so cool! A phage series would be cool too. Some pathogens would be Bacillus anthracis, Clostridium tetani, C. botulinum, Vibrio cholerae, Listeria monocytogenes, and Borrelia burgdorferi. I better stop, the more that are made the broker I will be!

And Cryptospiridium...Maybe make it waterproof as a pool toy

I agree Norby!
Can't wait for T4 bacteriophage to come out!
I emailed it as a suggestion and got told its under development and due to come out mid-2006!

I always thought that Borrelia burgdorferi would be a good one - I noticed a lack of spirochetes until syphillis. I think that Plasmodium is a classic pathogen that shouldn't be overlooked

Cheers !

Evan

A friend of mine suggested Streptococcus sanguis as a great microbes for Plaque for his dentist friends, but apparently Plaque is actually a lot of different microbes...

Of course, I always thought Plaque microbes looked like this....

http://world.std.com/~mikecap/toothopolis.jpg

"WE MAKE HOLES IN TEETH"

[kskerr]

That is so cool that they are making T4, it is so cool looking. My prof said they are fragile, if you shake the tube they are in their little legs fall off. Think I might buy one for myself and one for my sister, she loves that phage.

Karen

First off, *thank you* to GiantMicrobes for making Mad Cow. I was really hoping for that one--my sister works in Agricultural Econ, so now she can have Mad Cow for Christmas so it can sit on her computer staring menacingly.

Sounds like a lot of the ones I'd like to see have already been mentioned. The T4 should be neat!

* Plasmodium (Malaria) A classic Calamity.
* Vibrio (Cholera)
* Varicella (Chicken Pox) Come on, every kid should have one!
* Rubella (German Measles)
* Variola (Smallpox)

I think they've already got a lot of great ones, though.