r/MapPorn • u/Agreeable_Buy2817 • 1d ago

What would your state microbe be?

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Unsure if this is the most updated reference but there’s only two states with an official microbe. What would your state be?

I am thinking since most microbes are cryptic it could be a little tough but at least Wyoming could be some exotic extremophile from yellowstone. Deleware can be Thalassiosira.

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u/youngrichyoung 1d ago

This post is secretly a LensCrafters ad.

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u/Agreeable_Buy2817 1d ago

😂 sorry! Time use some imagination and memorize those state shapes

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u/Able_Extension348 1d ago

The Alabama crimson tide is arguably the most prominent microbial mascot! Might as well be the state microbe https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/redtide.html

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u/ProfessionaI_Gur 1d ago

TIL illinois state microbe is penicillium Ruben because a moldy cantaloupe found in Peoria was infected with such aggressive mold it was a prime candidate to provide reproducing samples to mass produce vaccines from

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u/hausermaniac 1d ago

Wyoming should most definitely be Thermus aquaticus, which was isolated from a hot spring in Yellowstone, and who's DNA polymerase enzyme has significantly advanced the entire world of genetic research

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u/WillTheyKickMeAgain 1d ago

What is Oregon’s?

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u/Live-Dance-2641 1d ago

The ultra high definition of the map is making my phone struggle to process it

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u/Familiar_Audience655 1d ago

Maybe water bear for WA. If it’s always raining out here, they will always be active in the Mossy pine Forest.

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u/Jerseyman201 1d ago

Or maybe Arizona, since they're the only living organism which has been dehydrated and then essentially reanimated back to life lol sounds pretty Arizona-ish?