Comments on: The Fungus and Virus that Rot Bee Brains http://theartfulamoeba.com/2010/10/17/the-fungus-and-virus-that-rot-bee-brains/ A blog about the weird wonderfulness of life on Earth Fri, 07 Mar 2014 01:10:06 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.5.31 By: Tom Jacobs http://theartfulamoeba.com/2010/10/17/the-fungus-and-virus-that-rot-bee-brains/comment-page-1/#comment-3851 Thu, 28 Feb 2013 06:13:23 +0000 http://theartfulamoeba.com/?p=3758#comment-3851 I like your writing style. (Great visualization)

Question: Mitochondria produce ATP right, If the Mitochondria are abscent do they function as prokaryotes (Folded plasma membranes) to obtain their ATP or are they extraxting the ATP from their host cells. Or is the needed ATP produced through glycolysis?

]]> By: Must Enter to Win http://theartfulamoeba.com/2010/10/17/the-fungus-and-virus-that-rot-bee-brains/comment-page-1/#comment-2307 Fri, 27 May 2011 16:08:35 +0000 http://theartfulamoeba.com/?p=3758#comment-2307 […] The Fungus and Virus that Rot Bee Brains […]

]]> By: The Lowly Peanut Worm and Its Long Lost Relatives http://theartfulamoeba.com/2010/10/17/the-fungus-and-virus-that-rot-bee-brains/comment-page-1/#comment-1453 Wed, 09 Mar 2011 15:46:35 +0000 http://theartfulamoeba.com/?p=3758#comment-1453 […] because they no longer have to make it on their own; I wrote earlier this year about how microsporidia are actually highly evolved fungi called zygomycetes. We earlier thought they were rather bare-bones parasitic microbes, but their loss of many of the […]

]]> By: Jennifer Frazer http://theartfulamoeba.com/2010/10/17/the-fungus-and-virus-that-rot-bee-brains/comment-page-1/#comment-1264 Wed, 16 Feb 2011 20:24:19 +0000 http://theartfulamoeba.com/?p=3758#comment-1264 With all due respect, I do not think that is the case.

]]> By: Pamela http://theartfulamoeba.com/2010/10/17/the-fungus-and-virus-that-rot-bee-brains/comment-page-1/#comment-1263 Wed, 16 Feb 2011 17:41:34 +0000 http://theartfulamoeba.com/?p=3758#comment-1263 Many of the so-called “organic” pesticides (meaning from nature but harmful nonetheless) have been bio manufactured from bacteria and have other live bacteria and viruses attached to the formulas to make them more lethal to bugs. I am thinking that these are the culprits of disease not only to the honey bee but to mankind as well. All the brain diseases that are croping up since the ’80’s may be related

]]> By: Janice http://theartfulamoeba.com/2010/10/17/the-fungus-and-virus-that-rot-bee-brains/comment-page-1/#comment-693 Sun, 24 Oct 2010 17:13:38 +0000 http://theartfulamoeba.com/?p=3758#comment-693 Thanks for clarifying, Jennifer. I was confused by where Giardia was now placed after reading your article.

]]> By: Jennifer Frazer http://theartfulamoeba.com/2010/10/17/the-fungus-and-virus-that-rot-bee-brains/comment-page-1/#comment-690 Sat, 23 Oct 2010 16:49:33 +0000 http://theartfulamoeba.com/?p=3758#comment-690 Oops! Yep — Giardia is still not a fungus. Sorry about the confusion — I went back and tried to rewrite it a bit to make it a little clearer. Jen

]]> By: Oroboros http://theartfulamoeba.com/2010/10/17/the-fungus-and-virus-that-rot-bee-brains/comment-page-1/#comment-688 Sat, 23 Oct 2010 04:32:37 +0000 http://theartfulamoeba.com/?p=3758#comment-688 I can see why you read it that way, but I am pretty sure that Giardia are still protozoans Ben.

]]> By: Ben http://theartfulamoeba.com/2010/10/17/the-fungus-and-virus-that-rot-bee-brains/comment-page-1/#comment-687 Wed, 20 Oct 2010 04:17:29 +0000 http://theartfulamoeba.com/?p=3758#comment-687 Hopefully, the Gray Lady will have you write up this type of finding in the future. This story is so in your sweet spot. I didn’t know that Giardia were fungi, too. I love it!

]]> By: kati http://theartfulamoeba.com/2010/10/17/the-fungus-and-virus-that-rot-bee-brains/comment-page-1/#comment-685 Mon, 18 Oct 2010 23:51:30 +0000 http://theartfulamoeba.com/?p=3758#comment-685 thank you! SO much more extensive, critical info than all the news articles included :)

fascinating!!

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