Talk:Microbial cyst

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This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 27 August 2019 and 11 December 2019. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Chloegallegos.

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Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment
This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 27 August 2019 and 21 December 2019. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Monicamestrada.

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Re "Did you know"
No, I did not know, yet I have often wondered. We non-microbiologists often get the vague impression that there are always limitations to every method of killing microbes (heat, cold, lipid breakdown via soap, dessication, antiseptics, antibiotics, and on and on), but are usually left clueless as to the details. This helps us understand some of the "why". Thanks so much for the article! — ¾-10 19:46, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

Title
This page appears because the general word "cyst" is taken entirely by medical uses.

"Microbial cyst" is not really broad enough to cover all the types of cyst found in general biology. Certainly it is misleading to use it for the survival cysts found in some nematodes and many rotifers (no doubt there are also cysts in some other groups). "Cyst (biology)" would be more encompassing. Macdonald-ross (talk) 08:04, 10 July 2016 (UTC)

Wiki Education assignment: Microbial Symbiosis and Microbiomes
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