The Lab Talks
- ARTIS-Micropia
At ARTIS-Micropia, you can watch paramecia and fungi in action. With so many fascinating things passing before your eyes, you're bound to have questions. Ask them right away to the lab technicians during the 'Lab Talks'. Each month, this talk focuses on a new theme.
This month, the lab technician talks about: Diversity in the microbial world.
The world of microbes is incredibly diverse. Scientists estimate there are around one trillion species. To make sense of this variety, microbiologists use a wide range of names and terms to classify microbes into groups.
Bacterium, alga, fungus, archaea, prokaryote, eukaryote... the terms come thick and fast. But what are the actual differences between these microbes? And what happens when later research reveals that a classification doesn’t quite hold up?
The lab technician explains the different types of microbes and why classifying them isn’t always straightforward.
Practical information
- When
- every day
- Time
- at 11:30, 13:30, and 15:30
- Where
- in front of the laboratorium
- Duration
- 20 minutes