There's a ~1000nt sub-viral RNA that shows up on every continent, and in humans, and it seems to have gone unnoticed! It has no sequence similarity to any database and codes for a wacky protein Super happy to finally share my thesis work on "Obelisks" tinyurl.com/yc54fzj9 #MicroSky #microbiomesky

I wrote about some speculative microbial energetics for the Homeworld Ideas Challenge and placed fourth! In it, I mused about how Cable Bacteria metabolism might be influenced by thermal gradients. In short, any effect is likely small, but writing about it was fun! t.ly/Pn8-E #MicroSky