# What's your favorite microbe? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 22, 2009, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-microbe/482413 "2009-01-22T05:19:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2009, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-microbe/482413/21 "2009-01-22T22:38:35Z")
It’s all good. ---
**Author:** ![This\_ll\_Do](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/this_ll_do/32/3023_2.png) [@This\_ll\_Do](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/This_ll_Do)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2009, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-microbe/482413/22 "2009-01-22T22:41:56Z")
I’ve always liked Rotifers. ---
**Author:** ![cwthree](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9de0a6/32.png) [@cwthree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cwthree)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2009, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-microbe/482413/23 "2009-01-22T23:38:14Z")
Saccharomyces cerevisiae, lactobacillus acidophilus, and penicillium roqueforti have all been good to me. ---
**Author:** ![Cub\_Mistress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea666f/32.png) [@Cub\_Mistress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cub_Mistress)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-microbe/482413/24 "2009-01-23T14:33:02Z")
I’m fond of gonorrhea. It’s a Gram-negative diplococci. I made a pin for my Microbiology professor from two bright pink pompons to which I glued googly eyes. I set it in a small box of shredded white paper (the exudate!) and gave it to her after my final in her class. She loved it and wore it to class the next semester, telling her next class that a student had given her the clap the previous semester. Dr. Young was a total hoot. ---
**Author:** ![Madd\_Maxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Madd\_Maxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Madd_Maxx)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-microbe/482413/25 "2009-01-23T15:20:37Z")
Yeast. Beer, wine, and fresh baked bread should be reason enough. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-microbe/482413/26 "2009-01-23T15:20:38Z")
Yeast. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-microbe/482413/27 "2009-01-23T15:34:37Z")
> [@Cub\_Mistress](#): > > I’m fond of gonorrhea. It’s a Gram-negative diplococci. I made a pin for my Microbiology professor from two bright pink pompons to which I glued googly eyes. I set it in a small box of shredded white paper (the exudate!) and gave it to her after my final in her class. She loved it and wore it to class the next semester, telling her next class that a student had given her the clap the previous semester. Dr. Young was a total hoot. That’s awesome! I may have to steal it. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![BlinkingDuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eada6e/32.png) [@BlinkingDuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlinkingDuck)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-microbe/482413/28 "2009-01-23T17:29:58Z")
I just made the flu virus my wallpaper :~ ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-microbe/482413/29 "2009-01-23T18:31:52Z")
> [@Athena](#): > > Not exactly what you were looking for, but I have to post a link to [these.](http://www.thinkgeek.com/geektoys/plush/6708/) Or head straight to their [home page](http://www.giantmicrobes.com/) for the full selection! ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-microbe/482413/30 "2009-01-23T20:27:40Z")
I like _Staph. aureus_, the workhorse of the bacterial world. What do you need? I can do that! Just hang on for a couple of generations…😃 ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-microbe/482413/31 "2009-01-23T20:40:22Z")
Happy little Giardia are probably my favorites, but I’ll throw out brain-eating [Naegleria fowleri](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naegleria_fowleri) just on the basis of being the cause of one of my all time favorite diseases, **Primary Amoebic Meningoencephalitis**. ---
**Author:** ![Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-microbe/482413/32 "2009-01-23T22:45:08Z")
I’m sticking with the tried and true [Yersinia pestis](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yersinia_pestis), carrier of bubonic plague. You’ve got to love a microbe that can gag a flea. ---
**Author:** ![MacTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-microbe/482413/33 "2009-01-23T23:01:23Z")
I’m partial to trusty old [Ebola](http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvrd/Spb/mnpages/dispages/ebola/qa.htm) a virus that basically turns you to jello ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-microbe/482413/34 "2009-01-23T23:06:05Z")
> [@Athena](#): > > Not exactly what you were looking for, but I have to post a link to [these.](http://www.thinkgeek.com/geektoys/plush/6708/) As long as the topic is drifting, I have to make sure everybody’s aware of [this site](http://www.iawareables.com/home.htm). I have a couple of the [neckties](http://www.iawareables.com/shopping/neckties_showroom.htm). ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-microbe/482413/35 "2009-01-23T23:14:37Z")
You could go Agent Smith and use a picture of a stinking mass of humanity. ---
**Author:** ![Silophant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a698b9/32.png) [@Silophant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silophant)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-microbe/482413/36 "2009-01-23T23:25:45Z")
I’ve always been partial to bacteriophages, myself. I believe they’ve been linked above. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-microbe/482413/37 "2009-01-23T23:41:18Z")
Has anyone linked to the [plush microbes](http://www.thinkgeek.com/geektoys/plush/6708/) yet? (I didn’t read each post, but \*did \*search for plush and for ThinkGeek) ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-microbe/482413/38 "2009-01-23T23:45:45Z")
> [@Khadaji](#): > > Has anyone linked to the [plush microbes](http://www.thinkgeek.com/geektoys/plush/6708/) yet? (I didn’t read each post, but \*did \*search for plush and for ThinkGeek) Post #12. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-microbe/482413/39 "2009-01-23T23:55:32Z")
I was going to put in a vote for the slime mold, but then **KGS** had to mention the radiovorous Chernoble fungi, and now I’m torn. Both, of course, are incredibly cool. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2009, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-microbe/482413/40 "2009-01-24T00:04:36Z")
> [@Q.E.D](#): > > Post #12. 😛 🙂 Ah, bitten by the curse of the ambiguous link… I did look, I swear - but I wouldn’t have clicked all the links in any case. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-microbe/482413.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-microbe/482413.md?page=3)