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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>
Lukas VFN 🇪🇺<p>It's time to consider the Arcellinida shell as a weapon <a href="https://www.isep-protists.com/post/arcellinida-shell-weapon" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">isep-protists.com/post/arcelli</span><span class="invisible">nida-shell-weapon</span></a> </p><p>"why is there such a large morphological diversity in shell-bearing <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/amoebae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>amoebae</span></a> and what is the function of shells anyway? We knew for a long time that <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Arcellinida" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Arcellinida</span></a> are masters of the <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/cytoskeleton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cytoskeleton</span></a> as they use it to build their elaborate shells. It was unknown that they use both, the cytoskeleton and shell, in combination to function as small apex <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/predators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>predators</span></a> in their 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/ISEPpapers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ISEPpapers</span></a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Microbes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Microbes</span></a></p>
Lukas VFN 🇪🇺<p>Bacteria &amp; Fungi Come Together in Endosymbiosis Study <a href="https://www.labroots.com/trending/cell-and-molecular-biology/27876/bacteria-fungi-endosymbiosis-study" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">labroots.com/trending/cell-and</span><span class="invisible">-molecular-biology/27876/bacteria-fungi-endosymbiosis-study</span></a> </p><p>Inducing novel <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/endosymbioses" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>endosymbioses</span></a> by implanting bacteria in fungi <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-08010-x" 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">-08010-x</span></a></p><p>"After several generations, the health of the <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/fungi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fungi</span></a> began to improve. They were changing and adapting to their new resident <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/bacteria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bacteria</span></a>. The bacteria also changed. Both bacterial and fungal cells were found to produce molecules that helped the fungi collect nutrients and battle predators like <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/amoebae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>amoebae</span></a> or <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/nematodes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nematodes</span></a>."</p>
Lukas VFN 🇪🇺<p>Biologists study trade-offs of microscopic predators <a href="https://phys.org/news/2024-05-biologists-offs-microscopic-predators.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">phys.org/news/2024-05-biologis</span><span class="invisible">ts-offs-microscopic-predators.html</span></a></p><p>Costs of being a diet generalist for the <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/protist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>protist</span></a> predator <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Dictyostelium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dictyostelium</span></a> discoideum <a href="https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2313203121" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2313</span><span class="invisible">203121</span></a></p><p>"The <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/amoebae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>amoebae</span></a> prey on a very diverse group of <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/bacteria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bacteria</span></a>. But when they switch from one bacteria to another, there's a physiological cost."</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> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/ecology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ecology</span></a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/predation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>predation</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/amoeba" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>amoeba</span></a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/SlimeMolds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SlimeMolds</span></a></p>