💥 The column collapsed — leak, heat, and too much light took it down.

But guess what? It’s alive again — bigger, stronger, and thriving like never before! 💪🧫

And best of all… my favorite purple bacteria are taking over. 💜🦠 Long live microbial glory!
#Winogradsky #MicrobialLife #PurpleBacteria

It was a pleasure to hear Robert Ort's talk last Friday highlighting the utility of #Winogradsky columns as learning tools and some of the outreach efforts by PSU Macrobes for #Microbes! 🌊🦠🪴

▶️If you missed it, you can still watch on our youtube channel: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bc36...

An old (~2010) Winogradsky column sitting in my office window has started to develop a great black spot 🤔
#winogradsky #winogradskycolumn #greatblackspot