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Acknowledgments

My thanks go to all who have contributed to the blog over the years and have helped make exciting stories accessible to a wide public. I single out Merry Youle, who was my partner for several years and a friend. She helped me in every way imaginable, from the choice of topics, to doing the wisest of editing, to providing me with a moral compass, to holding my hand (at a distance, as she lives in Hawaii, I in California). I thank my other collaborators on this endeavor: Gemma Reguera, Daniel Haussler, Jamie Henzy, and, early on, Mark Martin and Welkin Johnson. Christoph Weigel needs to be acknowledged in a special way for his extraordinary contributions to both the blog’s content and format. Also, I thank the late Marvin Friedman who, for many years, was another faithful contributor. All these persons did more than supply material: they participated in thinking about ways this blog could better fulfill its purpose. They have all done it with verve, passion, and great insights. I have been very lucky indeed.

I thank the American Society for Microbiology (ASM) for sponsoring the blog, especially the Communications staff directed by Erika Shugart. Chris Condayan generously and imaginatively supported this effort from the very beginning and has been a source of help and encouragement ever since. Andréa Gwartney did a superb job dealing with the layout and organization of the material. Ray Ortega later took charge of producing each issue of the blog, using a keen eye and warm heart in order to achieve this blog’s intended purposes. All of these persons have treated their work as a labor of love.

I thank my wife, Edith, for her support. She is not a scientist but has played a huge role in everything else it takes to carry out such an activity. I also thank my daughter Judith for allowing me to use her drawings. She is a renowned stained glass artist whose doodles are often of imaginary protists and diatoms. I never expected to see both our names on the cover of the same book.