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Camera trap for microscopic aquatic life. Is it possible? How?
#microscopy #micrography #pondlife #aquaticlife #microscopicorganisms #microscopiclife #wildlife #wildlifephotography #photography #cameratraps #wildlifetraps #diatoms #ciliates #amoebas #algae

I had no idea how cool #Stentor #Ciliates are - some videos make it appear that there is a moving chainsaw slurping up food (it’s only 2mm long) and the mouth is all about wave motion of tiny cilia. Check out the videos on the #Wikipedia page! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stentor_(ciliate)

I had no idea how cool #Stentor #Ciliates are - some videos make it appear that there is a moving chainsaw slurping up food (it’s only 2mm long) and the mouth is all about wave motion of tiny cilia. Check out the videos on the #Wikipedia page! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stentor_(ciliate)

Ciliates party hard in my hay infusion even on a Sunday morning.

#ciliates #protists #microscope #microscopy

Ciliates party hard in my hay infusion even on a Sunday morning.

#ciliates #protists #microscope #microscopy

Research reveals even single-cell organisms exhibit habituation, a simple form of learning https://phys.org/news/2024-11-reveals-cell-habituation-simple.html

Biochemically plausible models of habituation for single-cell learning: Lina Eckert et al. https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(24)01430-1

"Earlier work found that a single-cell ciliate showed avoidance behavior, not unlike the actions observed in animals that encounter unpleasant stimuli."

#Protists #Microbes #Ciliates

Research reveals even single-cell organisms exhibit habituation, a simple form of learning https://phys.org/news/2024-11-reveals-cell-habituation-simple.html

Biochemically plausible models of habituation for single-cell learning: Lina Eckert et al. https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(24)01430-1

"Earlier work found that a single-cell ciliate showed avoidance behavior, not unlike the actions observed in animals that encounter unpleasant stimuli."

#Protists #Microbes #Ciliates

Advanced genetic techniques and #microscopy offer new insights into anaerobic ciliate and methanogen #symbiosis https://phys.org/news/2024-10-advanced-genetic-techniques-microscopy-insights.html

Methanogenic #symbionts of anaerobic #ciliates are host and habitat specific https://academic.oup.com/ismej/article/18/1/wrae164/7737421 #ISEPpapers by @joro

"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"

#microbes #protists #bacteria #archaea #methanogenesis #biology

Advanced genetic techniques and #microscopy offer new insights into anaerobic ciliate and methanogen #symbiosis https://phys.org/news/2024-10-advanced-genetic-techniques-microscopy-insights.html

Methanogenic #symbionts of anaerobic #ciliates are host and habitat specific https://academic.oup.com/ismej/article/18/1/wrae164/7737421 #ISEPpapers by @joro

"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"

#microbes #protists #bacteria #archaea #methanogenesis #biology

Single-celled eukaryote employs unconventional cytoskeletal components for dynamic shape-shifting https://phys.org/news/2024-10-celled-eukaryote-employs-unconventional-cytoskeletal.html

Dynamic shape-shifting of the single-celled eukaryotic predator Lacrymaria via unconventional cytoskeletal components https://www.cell.com/current-biology/abstract/S0960-9822(24)01214-4

"the remarkable morphological change in #Lacrymaria involves a unique #actin-#myosin system rather than the Ca2+-dependent system found in other contractile #ciliates."

#protists #microbes

Single-celled eukaryote employs unconventional cytoskeletal components for dynamic shape-shifting https://phys.org/news/2024-10-celled-eukaryote-employs-unconventional-cytoskeletal.html

Dynamic shape-shifting of the single-celled eukaryotic predator Lacrymaria via unconventional cytoskeletal components https://www.cell.com/current-biology/abstract/S0960-9822(24)01214-4

"the remarkable morphological change in #Lacrymaria involves a unique #actin-#myosin system rather than the Ca2+-dependent system found in other contractile #ciliates."

#protists #microbes

#Mutualism on the edge: Understanding the #Paramecium–#Chlorella symbiosis https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371%2Fjournal.pbio.3002563

"Exploring the mechanisms that underpin #symbiosis requires an understanding of how these complex interactions are maintained in diverse model systems. The ciliate #protist, Paramecium bursaria, offers a valuable insight into how emergent endosymbiotic interactions have evolved."

#protists #algae #microbes #ciliates

#Mutualism on the edge: Understanding the #Paramecium–#Chlorella symbiosis https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371%2Fjournal.pbio.3002563

"Exploring the mechanisms that underpin #symbiosis requires an understanding of how these complex interactions are maintained in diverse model systems. The ciliate #protist, Paramecium bursaria, offers a valuable insight into how emergent endosymbiotic interactions have evolved."

#protists #algae #microbes #ciliates

Journey to the Microcosmos: *This Microbe Hasn't Been Seen Since The 1930s*

https://youtube.com/watch?v=zgjo6fAH16I

#ciliate #ciliates #tail #microbiology

Journey to the Microcosmos: *This Microbe Hasn't Been Seen Since The 1930s*

https://youtube.com/watch?v=zgjo6fAH16I

#ciliate #ciliates #tail #microbiology

@bibianaprinoth I study microbes including #bacteria #viruses and #ciliates in the oceans (and any other environment that will have me)

@bibianaprinoth I study microbes including #bacteria #viruses and #ciliates in the oceans (and any other environment that will have me)

Are you curious about purple photosymbioses? Sebastian Hess and I have written a Quick Guide for Current Biology where we summarize our current knowledge on these very rare symbioses. Free access here: https://t.co/9uHTmhhIzm
#photosymbiosis #symbiosis #purplebacteria #ciliates #pseudoblepharisma #anaerobcieuks

#Halteria: #Ciliates These #Freshwater #Microorganisms Can Grow on #Virus-Only Diet https://www.sci.news/biology/halteria-11555.html #protists

The consumption of #viruses returns energy to food chains https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2215000120

Halteria, a genus of microscopic planktonic ciliates that are found in many freshwater environments, can eat huge numbers of infectious #chloroviruses — up to one million viruses per day — that share their aquatic habitat.

Eating viruses can power #microbes' growth and reproduction https://phys.org/news/2022-12-viruses-power-microorganism-growth-reproduction.html

The consumption of viruses returns energy to food chains https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2215000120

#Protists not only can consume #viruses they also can grow and divide given only viruses to eat. Moreover, #ciliates Halteria sp. foraging on #chloroviruses display dynamics and interaction parameters that are similar to other microbial trophic interactions.

The potato chip and the bean. A couple of marine ciliates from my saltmarsh creek sample yesterday. There’s not much free info out there in marine ciliates, so if anyone can shed some light on them, let me know!

https://youtu.be/lzEg76GtODA

#marinebiology #marinebiologyuk #northnorfolkcoast #northsea #sea #ocean #biology #wildlife #nature #microscopy #microorganism #ciliate #ciliates