Favorite Microbe

[EmmVeePee]

Let's hear it; what's your favorite microbe and why?

I personally love Phages; mainly their structure is so alien and intriguing.
As far as living organisms...
Yeast, for its industrial uses (beer).

[mcar]

I never heard of having microbes to be one of the favourites. I just remember that a bacillus for me has a very nice shape.

[canalon]

E coli K12, yes I am very selective

Simple to grow, easy to work with and harmless unlike most of my other playmates coming from the environment. Go K12!

[biohazard]

Pseudomonas aeruginosa, naturally! It smells like meadows in the spring wind (how poetic!). In addition, it has interesting antibiotic resistance properties.

Another ones I like are Mycobacterioum tuberculosis and Staphylococcus aureus, interesting pathogens both.

Finally, Pichia pastoris is nice as well, since I can even produce pieces of dog in it (well okay, dog proteins, but they ARE pieces of dog in a way, aren't they )

[Mjhavok]

Borrelia burgdorferi because it sounds dirty.

Not really my favourite but it was off the top of my head.

Names in italics folks else I will be deducting points lol.

[Cat]

Agrobacterium tumefaciens for me - it is a natural genetic engineer!!!