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Javier del Campo<p>Genetic Analysis of Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids Biosynthesis Pathway Determines Four Distinct Thraustochytrid Types <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/protists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>protists</span></a> <a href="https://enviromicro-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1462-2920.70090" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">enviromicro-journals.onlinelib</span><span class="invisible">rary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1462-2920.70090</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>
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>
Javier del Campo<p>Diel patterns of symbiont expulsion in Caribbean reef <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/corals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corals</span></a> are coral species-dependent and driven by symbiont load and photosynthetic performance <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://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00338-025-02634-9" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">link.springer.com/article/10.1</span><span class="invisible">007/s00338-025-02634-9</span></a></p>
Javier del Campo<p>Cross-kingdom-mediated detection of intestinal protozoa through NLRP6 <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/symbiosis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>symbiosis</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/microbiome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>microbiome</span></a> <a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1931312825000563" 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/S1931312825000563</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>
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>
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>
Lukas VFN 🇪🇺<p>Research reveals even single-cell organisms exhibit habituation, a simple form of learning <a href="https://phys.org/news/2024-11-reveals-cell-habituation-simple.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">phys.org/news/2024-11-reveals-</span><span class="invisible">cell-habituation-simple.html</span></a></p><p>Biochemically plausible models of habituation for single-cell learning: Lina Eckert et al. <a href="https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(24)01430-1" 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(24)01430-1</span></a></p><p>"Earlier work found that a single-cell ciliate showed avoidance behavior, not unlike the actions observed in animals that encounter unpleasant stimuli."</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/Ciliates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ciliates</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>Advanced genetic techniques and <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/microscopy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>microscopy</span></a> offer new insights into anaerobic ciliate and methanogen <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/symbiosis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>symbiosis</span></a> <a href="https://phys.org/news/2024-10-advanced-genetic-techniques-microscopy-insights.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">phys.org/news/2024-10-advanced</span><span class="invisible">-genetic-techniques-microscopy-insights.html</span></a> </p><p>Methanogenic <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/symbionts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>symbionts</span></a> of anaerobic <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/ciliates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ciliates</span></a> are host and habitat specific <a href="https://academic.oup.com/ismej/article/18/1/wrae164/7737421" 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">/18/1/wrae164/7737421</span></a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/ISEPpapers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ISEPpapers</span></a> by <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://ecoevo.social/@joro" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>joro</span></a></span> </p><p>"This study provides a clearer understanding of how anaerobic ciliates have evolved a mix transmission mode to both maintain and replace their symbionts over time"</p><p><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/protists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>protists</span></a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/bacteria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bacteria</span></a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/archaea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>archaea</span></a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/methanogenesis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>methanogenesis</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>Scientists discover more <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/mitochondria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mitochondria</span></a>-like <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/symbionts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>symbionts</span></a> with surprising metabolic capacities <a href="https://phys.org/news/2024-12-scientists-mitochondria-symbionts-metabolic-capacities.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">phys.org/news/2024-12-scientis</span><span class="invisible">ts-mitochondria-symbionts-metabolic-capacities.html</span></a></p><p>Genetic potential for aerobic respiration and <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/denitrification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>denitrification</span></a> in globally distributed respiratory <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/endosymbionts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>endosymbionts</span></a> <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-54047-x" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nature.com/articles/s41467-024</span><span class="invisible">-54047-x</span></a></p><p>"They found a unique <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/bacterium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bacterium</span></a> that lives inside a ciliate (<a href="https://scholar.social/tags/protists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>protists</span></a>) and provides it with energy... reminiscent of <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/mitochondria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mitochondria</span></a>, with the key difference that the <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/endosymbiont" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>endosymbiont</span></a> derives energy from the respiration of nitrate, not oxygen."</p>
Lukas VFN 🇪🇺<p>A single cell's siesta: How non-moving <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/microbes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>microbes</span></a> manage to avoid bright light <a href="https://phys.org/news/2024-11-cell-siesta-celled-bright.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">phys.org/news/2024-11-cell-sie</span><span class="invisible">sta-celled-bright.html</span></a></p><p>Light-regulated <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/chloroplast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chloroplast</span></a> morphodynamics in a single-celled dinoflagellate <a href="https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2411725121" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2411</span><span class="invisible">725121</span></a></p><p>"The structure that allows the chloroplast to make necessary changes was found to be a network of thin filaments. Together, these filaments form a material that can easily contract and expand in all directions."</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/Organelles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Organelles</span></a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Plastids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Plastids</span></a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Dinoflagellates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dinoflagellates</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/CellBiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CellBiology</span></a></p>
Lukas VFN 🇪🇺<p>What a <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/mollusc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mollusc</span></a> shell and fiber optic cables have in common <a href="https://www.npr.org/2024/11/23/nx-s1-5199634/heart-shaped-mollusc-shell-resembles-fiber-optic-cables" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">npr.org/2024/11/23/nx-s1-51996</span><span class="invisible">34/heart-shaped-mollusc-shell-resembles-fiber-optic-cables</span></a></p><p>Heart cockle shells transmit sunlight to photosymbiotic algae using bundled fiber optic cables and condensing lenses: Dakota McCoy et al. <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-53110-x" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nature.com/articles/s41467-024</span><span class="invisible">-53110-x</span></a> </p><p>"the structure of the <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/HeartCockle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HeartCockle</span></a>'s shell operates as its own kind of fiber <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/OpticCables" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpticCables</span></a> to channel light to the <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/algae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>algae</span></a> living inside 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/symbiosis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>symbiosis</span></a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/mollusks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mollusks</span></a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/molluscs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>molluscs</span></a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/animals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>animals</span></a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/invertebrates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>invertebrates</span></a></p>
Lukas VFN 🇪🇺<p>Protein shell discovery reveals how <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/diatoms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>diatoms</span></a> capture CO₂ so effectively <a href="https://phys.org/news/2024-10-protein-shell-discovery-reveals-diatoms.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">phys.org/news/2024-10-protein-</span><span class="invisible">shell-discovery-reveals-diatoms.html</span></a></p><p>"diatom pyrenoids are encased in a lattice-like protein shell... not only gives the pyrenoid its shape, but it helps create a high CO2 concentration in this compartment. This enables Rubisco to efficiently fix CO2" </p><p><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/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/biology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biology</span></a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/organelles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>organelles</span></a></p>
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