Like last year, this week's case highlights some of the costumes and goodies from my annual Halloween Party.
First - the costumes! Here are the amebae ladies. Can you guess which is which? I'll give you a hint in that they are all morphologically identical, but one is slightly smaller than the others.
Here are 2 of our Clinical Microbiology Fellows - the "FakeArray" and the baker (scroll down further to see photos of her goodies)
Close up of the "FakeArray" Sugar Overload Panel, which detects 24 sweet targets. (The actual FilmArray(R) detects multiple enteric pathogens, including 4 parasites)
And here is the party's hostess, parasite gal in a Peromyscus leucopus costume. Note my Ixodes scapularis accessories.
And last, but not least, the gory baker's cupcakes. Can you tell which parasite is shown on the cupcake with the pretzel stick?
Happy Halloween Ms. Bobbi. Nice and creative customs!
ReplyDeleteThe cupcake with pretzel stick looks like an edible Dracunculus medinensis.
I approve! Wish I could have come x.
ReplyDeleteYou are as creative as ever, Bobbi!
ReplyDeleteBest wishes,
Brenda Waters
Excellent, I love it, you are so cute with your Ixodes scapularis !
ReplyDeleteCheers !
MicrOlivier
YUM!!! We just did "tuberculosis and spirochetes" a few weeks back and I made themed cupcakes! But they really liked my Plasmodium falciparum "crescent" rolls! :0)
ReplyDeleteWow, wishing everyone a Happy Halloween. The costumes are very nice. The Ixodes is realistic, considering we look at it on a dorsal aspect. Yes the stick is used to fish the Dracunculus medinensis out.
ReplyDeleteFlorida Fan
Lovely costumes! I agree that the cupcake is Dracunculus (that's a sentence I never thought I would type!) and are the amoebae Entamoeba histolytica/dispar (larger) and Entamoeba hartmanni?
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