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michele<p>Stemonitopsis typhina different stages of life cycle - slime mold on a rotting poplar tree</p><p>Olympus OM1<br>Olympus M.60mm F2.8 Macro<br>Kenko extension tubes</p><p><a href="https://photog.social/tags/slimemold" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>slimemold</span></a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/biology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biology</span></a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/macrophotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>macrophotography</span></a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/macrophoto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>macrophoto</span></a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nature</span></a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/protists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>protists</span></a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/OMsystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OMsystem</span></a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/OlympusOM1" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OlympusOM1</span></a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/myxomycetes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>myxomycetes</span></a></p>
ISEP<p>New <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/ISEPpapers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ISEPpapers</span></a>! Hijacking and integration of algal <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/plastids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>plastids</span></a> and <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/mitochondria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mitochondria</span></a> in a polar planktonic host: Ananya Kedige Rao et al. <a href="https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(25)00392-6" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cell.com/current-biology/fullt</span><span class="invisible">ext/S0960-9822(25)00392-6</span></a></p><p>"Hosts steal active plastids, mitochondria, and nuclei from the microalga <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Phaeocystis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Phaeocystis</span></a>... Stolen plastids increase in volume, and their photosynthetic activity is boosted... Stolen mitochondria transform into a network in close association with plastids"</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Microbes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Microbes</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Algae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Algae</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Protists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Protists</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Symbiosis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Symbiosis</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Organelles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Organelles</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Plankton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Plankton</span></a></p>
michele<p>Semicircle of Stemonitopsis typhina</p><p>slime mold on a rotting poplar tree</p><p>Olympus OM1<br>Olympus M.60mm F2.8 Macro<br>Kenko extension tubes</p><p><a href="https://photog.social/tags/slimemold" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>slimemold</span></a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/macrophotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>macrophotography</span></a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/biology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biology</span></a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/omsystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>omsystem</span></a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/protista" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>protista</span></a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/protists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>protists</span></a></p>
michele<p>Stemonitopsis typhina on a rotting poplar tree</p><p>Olympus OM-1<br>M.Zuiko 60mm f2.8 macro<br>Kenko extension tubes</p><p><a href="https://photog.social/tags/slimemold" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>slimemold</span></a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/protista" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>protista</span></a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nature</span></a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/olympusom1" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>olympusom1</span></a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/omsystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>omsystem</span></a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/macrophotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>macrophotography</span></a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/myxomycetes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>myxomycetes</span></a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/protists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>protists</span></a></p>
naturepoker<p>Wonderful discovery for <a href="https://genomic.social/tags/protists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>protists</span></a> <a href="https://genomic.social/tags/independentresearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>independentresearch</span></a> <a href="https://genomic.social/tags/microscopy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>microscopy</span></a> <a href="https://genomic.social/tags/microbiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>microbiology</span></a> folks. Check out a new zine called "Amoeba Discovery": </p><p><a href="https://stefanluketa.com/amoeba-discovery/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">stefanluketa.com/amoeba-discov</span><span class="invisible">ery/</span></a></p><p>I never thought very much about protists/amoebas, and reading this volume was a fascinating introduction to what seems to be an understudied field. </p><p>Now I'm wondering how I might isolate and sequence some interesting samples!</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://genomic.social/@foaylward" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>foaylward</span></a></span></p>
Frank Aylward<p>My at-home algal cultivation hobby is going well. I am surprised thst soil samples are the best for growing new green algae - more so than pond water. </p><p><a href="https://genomic.social/tags/algae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>algae</span></a> <a href="https://genomic.social/tags/protists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>protists</span></a> <a href="https://genomic.social/tags/microbiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>microbiology</span></a></p>
Lukas VFN 🇪🇺<p>Pink snow tints the edges of Antarctica <a href="https://english.elpais.com/science-tech/2025-03-24/pink-snow-tints-the-edges-of-antarctica.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">english.elpais.com/science-tec</span><span class="invisible">h/2025-03-24/pink-snow-tints-the-edges-of-antarctica.html</span></a></p><p>"The <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/algae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>algae</span></a> that covers Mount Reina Sofía in patches is Sanguina nivaloides, a species first described in 2019. The meaning of its scientific name in Latin is eloquent: blood in the snow. Each creature has a single cell, about 20 thousandths of a millimeter in size, with a molecule inside that gives it its characteristic red color: <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/astaxanthin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>astaxanthin</span></a>... the same pigment that produces the color of salmon"</p><p><a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Antarctica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Antarctica</span></a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Protists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Protists</span></a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Microbes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Microbes</span></a></p>
llewelly<p>today's confusing taxonomic terms:</p><p>Saturnaliidae , a clade of early branching saurpodomorph dinosaurs<br>Saturnalidae , a clade of radiolarians<br>Saturniidae , a clade of moths</p><p><a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/dinosaurs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dinosaurs</span></a><br><a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/radiolarians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>radiolarians</span></a><br><a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/moths" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>moths</span></a><br><a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/insects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>insects</span></a><br><a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/arthropod" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>arthropod</span></a><br><a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/protists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>protists</span></a><br><a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/reptile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reptile</span></a></p>
Lukas VFN 🇪🇺<p>Ancient marine organism's dual-layer structure reveals both past and present ocean environments <a href="https://phys.org/news/2025-02-ancient-marine-dual-layer-reveals.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">phys.org/news/2025-02-ancient-</span><span class="invisible">marine-dual-layer-reveals.html</span></a></p><p>A cosmopolitan calcifying benthic <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/foraminifera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>foraminifera</span></a> in agglutinated disguise as a geochemical recorder of coastal environments <a href="https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2413054122" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2413</span><span class="invisible">054122</span></a> </p><p>"This species has a remarkable hidden feature—an inner shell made of calcium carbonate beneath its outer layer of gathered particles... [this] made them an excellent recorder of environmental conditions."</p><p><a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Protists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Protists</span></a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Microbes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Microbes</span></a></p>
Massimo Luciani<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/biology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/symbiosis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>symbiosis</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/protists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>protists</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bacteria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bacteria</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/oceans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oceans</span></a> </p><p>An article published in the journal Cell Host &amp; Microbe reports the results of a study on the symbiosis between predatory protists and bacteria related to species that are pathogenic to various animal species and sometimes to humans. A team of researchers conducted a series of analyses on water samples and identified protists with predatory habits that eat some species of bacteria but are in symbiosis with other species.</p><p><a href="https://english.netmassimo.com/2025/02/13/a-research-on-symbiosis-between-predatory-protists-and-bacteria-in-the-oceans/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">english.netmassimo.com/2025/02</span><span class="invisible">/13/a-research-on-symbiosis-between-predatory-protists-and-bacteria-in-the-oceans/</span></a></p>
Frank Aylward<p>Maybe some Gonium and Dinobryon, among other algae? </p><p><a href="https://genomic.social/tags/protists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>protists</span></a> <a href="https://genomic.social/tags/algae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>algae</span></a> <a href="https://genomic.social/tags/microscopy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>microscopy</span></a></p>
Benjamin Knispel<p>Ciliates party hard in my hay infusion even on a Sunday morning.</p><p><a href="https://chaos.social/tags/ciliates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ciliates</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/protists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>protists</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/microscope" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>microscope</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/microscopy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>microscopy</span></a></p>
Lukas VFN 🇪🇺<p>New research on <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/protists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>protists</span></a> sheds light on <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/DeepSea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DeepSea</span></a> energy sources <a href="https://www.whoi.edu/press-room/news-release/foraminifer/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">whoi.edu/press-room/news-relea</span><span class="invisible">se/foraminifer/</span></a></p><p>Array of metabolic pathways in kleptoplastidic <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/foraminifera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>foraminifera</span></a> supports <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/chemoautotrophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chemoautotrophy</span></a> in dark, euxinic seafloor sediments <a href="https://academic.oup.com/ismej/article/19/1/wrae248/7923457" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">academic.oup.com/ismej/article</span><span class="invisible">/19/1/wrae248/7923457</span></a> by Fatma Gomaa et al. </p><p>"This species takes up unrelated organism’s <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/chloroplasts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chloroplasts</span></a> — <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/organelles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>organelles</span></a> that perform <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/photosynthesis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>photosynthesis</span></a>... We know <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/kleptoplasty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kleptoplasty</span></a> is happening here, but we needed to understand why this foraminifer is so successful in the dark, without oxygen"</p>
Lukas VFN 🇪🇺<p>Tiny microbe colonies communicate to coordinate their behavior <a href="https://www.uib.no/en/michaelsarscentre/175104/tiny-microbe-colonies-communicate-coordinate-their-behavior" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">uib.no/en/michaelsarscentre/17</span><span class="invisible">5104/tiny-microbe-colonies-communicate-coordinate-their-behavior</span></a></p><p>Electrical signaling and coordinated behavior in the closest relative of animals <a href="https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adr7434" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv</span><span class="invisible">.adr7434</span></a></p><p>"A new study reveals evidence of electrical signaling and coordinated behavior in <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/choanoflagellates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>choanoflagellates</span></a>, the closest living relatives of <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/animals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>animals</span></a>. This elaborate example of cell communication offers key insights into the early <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/evolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>evolution</span></a> of animal <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/multicellularity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>multicellularity</span></a> and nervous systems."</p><p><a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Protists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Protists</span></a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Microbes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Microbes</span></a></p>
ISEP<p>New <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/ISEPpapers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ISEPpapers</span></a>! Long-read DNA sequencing reveals the organization of the mitochondrial <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/genome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>genome</span></a> in the early-branching dinoflagellate <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Oxyrrhis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oxyrrhis</span></a> marina <a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1434461024000634" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">sciencedirect.com/science/arti</span><span class="invisible">cle/pii/S1434461024000634</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Protists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Protists</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Genomics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Genomics</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Mitochondria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mitochondria</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Biology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Biology</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Microbes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Microbes</span></a></p>
ISEP<p>New <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/ISEPpapers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ISEPpapers</span></a>! Reduced plastid <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/genomes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>genomes</span></a> of colorless facultative pathogens Prototheca (<a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Chlorophyta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Chlorophyta</span></a>) &amp; retained for membrane transport genes <a href="https://bmcbiol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12915-024-02089-4" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bmcbiol.biomedcentral.com/arti</span><span class="invisible">cles/10.1186/s12915-024-02089-4</span></a> </p><p>"relatives of model <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/algae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>algae</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Chlorella" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Chlorella</span></a> include two secondarily non-photosynthetic genera – <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Helicosporidium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Helicosporidium</span></a> (gut <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/parasites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>parasites</span></a> of <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/insects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>insects</span></a>) and <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Prototheca" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Prototheca</span></a>, which are predominantly free-living opportunistic <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/pathogens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pathogens</span></a> of diverse vertebrates, including humans"</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Protists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Protists</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Microbes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Microbes</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Plastids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Plastids</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Genomics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Genomics</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Evolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Evolution</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Biology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Biology</span></a></p>
ISEP<p>New <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/ISEPpapers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ISEPpapers</span></a>! The nature of ‘jaws’: a new predatory representative of <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Provora" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Provora</span></a> and the ultrastructure of nibbling protists <a href="https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsob.240158" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">royalsocietypublishing.org/doi</span><span class="invisible">/10.1098/rsob.240158</span></a> </p><p>"we identified four main microtubular roots... which support the strong feeding apparatus resembling jaws... We also describe a new species, Nibbleromonas piranha sp. nov., and highlight features of its feeding behaviour, which can be so aggressive as to result in cannibalism."</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Protists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Protists</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Microbes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Microbes</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Biology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Biology</span></a></p>
Frank Aylward<p>Giant virus encodes key piece of protein-making machinery of cellular life </p><p>"Viruses are integral to the functioning of ocean ecosystems, influencing biological productivity, shifting community interactions, and driving evolutionary change,"&nbsp;</p><p><a href="https://phys.org/news/2024-12-giant-virus-encodes-key-piece.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">phys.org/news/2024-12-giant-vi</span><span class="invisible">rus-encodes-key-piece.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://genomic.social/tags/viruses" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>viruses</span></a> <a href="https://genomic.social/tags/microbiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>microbiology</span></a> <a href="https://genomic.social/tags/GiantViruses" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GiantViruses</span></a> <a href="https://genomic.social/tags/protists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>protists</span></a></p>
Lukas VFN 🇪🇺<p><a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Phytochromes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Phytochromes</span></a>: The 'eyes' that enable <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/microalgae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>microalgae</span></a> to find their way in aquatic depths <a href="https://phys.org/news/2024-12-phytochromes-eyes-enable-microalgae-aquatic.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">phys.org/news/2024-12-phytochr</span><span class="invisible">omes-eyes-enable-microalgae-aquatic.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Diatom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Diatom</span></a> phytochromes integrate the underwater light spectrum to sense depth: Carole Duchêne et al. <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-08301-3" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nature.com/articles/s41586-024</span><span class="invisible">-08301-3</span></a></p><p>"These photoreceptors enable them to detect changes in the light spectrum in the water column, thereby providing information regarding their vertical position within it."</p><p><a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Protists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Protists</span></a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Algae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Algae</span></a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Diatoms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Diatoms</span></a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Microbes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Microbes</span></a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Plankton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Plankton</span></a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Biology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Biology</span></a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Phytoplankton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Phytoplankton</span></a></p>
Lukas VFN 🇪🇺<p>This <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/amoeba" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>amoeba</span></a> eats prey like <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/owls" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>owls</span></a> do <a href="https://www.sciencenews.org/article/amoeba-eats-removes-shell" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">sciencenews.org/article/amoeba</span><span class="invisible">-eats-removes-shell</span></a> </p><p>The vampyrellid amoeba <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Strigomyxa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Strigomyxa</span></a> ruptor gen. et sp. nov. and its remarkable strategy to acquire algal cell contents <a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ece3.70191" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10</span><span class="invisible">.1002/ece3.70191</span></a> </p><p>"The microscopic predator engulfs <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/algae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>algae</span></a>, drains the cells and spits out the shell"</p><p><a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Protists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Protists</span></a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Amoebae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Amoebae</span></a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Microbes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Microbes</span></a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Biology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Biology</span></a></p>
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