Microbiology Quotes

• In microbiology the roles of mutation and selection in evolution are coming to be better understood through the use of bacterial cultures of mutant strains.

  Edward Lawrie Tatum

  Mutants, Mutation, Culture

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  Science knows no country, because knowledge belongs to humanity, and is the torch which illuminates the world.

  Louis Pasteur

  Country, Science, Technology

  1876 Toast at the banquet of the International Congress of Sericulture (translated by Rene Dubois).

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  Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal. My strength lies solely in my tenacity.

  Louis Pasteur

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  "There's a Spiritual Solution to Every Problem". Book by Wayne Dyer, 1975.

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• Bacteria: The only culture some people have.

  Hesiod

  People, Culture, Bacteria

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• Disgust is intuitive microbiology

  Steven Pinker

  Disgusting, Intuitive

  Steven Pinker (2009). “How the Mind Works”, p.383, W. W. Norton & Company

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• [Bacteria are the] dark matter of the biological world [with 4 million mostly unknown species in a ton of soil].

  E. O. Wilson

  Dark, World, Matter

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• If you talk about sous-vide, then you have to talk about food safety, and microbiology, and heat.

  Nathan Myhrvold

  Safety, Heat, Ifs

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• Science is an attempt, largely successful, to understand the world, to get a grip on things, to get hold of ourselves, to steer a safe course. Microbiology and meteorology now explain what only a few centuries ago was considered sufficient cause to burn women to death.

  Carl Sagan

  Successful, Meteorology, World

  Carl Sagan (2011). “Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark”, p.50, Ballantine Books

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• If you want to be an anthropologist, you need to study physical anthropology specialized in bones. If you want to be a forensic chemist, get a degree in chemistry. Do you want to do DNA work? Get a degree in microbiology. And do well. Study hard and go to graduate school.

  Kathy Reichs

  School, Dna, Degrees

  "Bones Inspiration Kathy Reichs Writes Episode 5.20 The Witch in the Wardrobe". Interview with Alan Orange, tvweb.com. May 4, 2010.

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• Everything I did in high school was focused on microbiology, looking at things like algae under a microscope for hours on end. When I was 13, I saved up $100 to buy a good used microscope. I was obsessed with microorganisms.

  Randy Schekman

  School, Algae, Hours

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• My brother and I were born in an Irish county called Tipperary. We were both very math- and science-inclined in high school. My dad trained as an electrical engineer, and my mom is in microbiology.

  John Collison

  Mom, Brother, Dad

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