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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

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

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

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

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)

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

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

#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

#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

#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

@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

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

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

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

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.

Paper alert 🚨

Protists’ microbiomes are constituted by stablished symbionts, ingested microbes and surface-asociated microbes.

The paper below studied bacterial microbiomes associated to natural populations of #Euplotes #Ciliates #MicrobialEukaryotes #protists

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejop.2022.125952

Paper alert 🚨

Protists’ microbiomes are constituted by stablished symbionts, ingested microbes and surface-asociated microbes.

The paper below studied bacterial microbiomes associated to natural populations of #Euplotes #Ciliates #MicrobialEukaryotes #protists

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejop.2022.125952

Paper alert 🚨

Protists’ microbiomes are constituted by stablished symbionts, ingested microbes and surface-asociated microbes.

The paper below studied bacterial microbiomes associated to natural populations of #Euplotes #Ciliates #MicrobialEukaryotes #protists

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejop.2022.125952

Paper alert 🚨

Protists’ microbiomes are constituted by stablished symbionts, ingested microbes and surface-asociated microbes.

The paper below studied bacterial microbiomes associated to natural populations of #Euplotes #Ciliates #MicrobialEukaryotes #protists

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejop.2022.125952

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

Paper alert 🚨

'Novel insights into molecular mechanisms of vegetative cell cycle and resting cyst formation in Apodileptus cf. visscheri (#Alveolata, Ciliophora)'

https://doi.org/10.1111/jeu.12958

#protists #MicrobialEukaryotes #Ciliates

The Sediment Below https://storymaps.arcgis.com/collections/cad9443adff1429f94cd212aee672123?item=6&fbclid=IwAR2CKnDNtDZA5XAqhEmPiEcETzxV1F0_S34flRKatmz7ZSnUI8QNQlpZFqQ

“#Ciliates are interesting because they form #symbioses with other #microbes really easily. Even though they are common in oxygen-depleted environments where there is not a lot of energy available, they are large and very active. Some get large enough that you can even see them with your eyes.”

Paper alert🚨

Doublets have traditionally been considered as developmental anomalies but they may be an adaptation to deal with adverse environments

"Doublets of the unicellular organism #Euplotes vannus (#Alveolata, Ciliophora, Euplotida): the morphogenetic patterns of the ciliary and nuclear apparatuses associated with cell division"

https://doi.org/10.1007/s42995-022-00150-1

#protists #MicrobialEukaryotes #Ciliates

Did you know that you can use #Mastodon to talk about stuff you like and are interested in, not just for commenting on stuff you didn't like elsewhere and that you might be moving on from 🐤? I like #plants (esp. #clubmosses and #ferns) and #insects and #fungi and #ciliates and #spiders. I love being ever more at the messy end of #gay #LGBTQIA #queer, and I like being here because I want to be more *myself* rather than putting on yet another performance for yet another audience.

Did you know that you can use #Mastodon to talk about stuff you like and are interested in, not just for commenting on stuff you didn't like elsewhere and that you might be moving on from 🐤? I like #plants (esp. #clubmosses and #ferns) and #insects and #fungi and #ciliates and #spiders. I love being ever more at the messy end of #gay #LGBTQIA #queer, and I like being here because I want to be more *myself* rather than putting on yet another performance for yet another audience.

Did you know that you can use #Mastodon to talk about stuff you like and are interested in, not just for commenting on stuff you didn't like elsewhere and that you might be moving on from 🐤? I like #plants (esp. #clubmosses and #ferns) and #insects and #fungi and #ciliates and #spiders. I love being ever more at the messy end of #gay #LGBTQIA #queer, and I like being here because I want to be more *myself* rather than putting on yet another performance for yet another audience.

Did you know that you can use #Mastodon to talk about stuff you like and are interested in, not just for commenting on stuff you didn't like elsewhere and that you might be moving on from 🐤? I like #plants (esp. #clubmosses and #ferns) and #insects and #fungi and #ciliates and #spiders. I love being ever more at the messy end of #gay #LGBTQIA #queer, and I like being here because I want to be more *myself* rather than putting on yet another performance for yet another audience.

#introductions

Hello! I'm a #PostDoc in evolutionary #protistology. I study #evolution, #biodiversity, and #symbiosis in #protists ( = eukaryotic #microbes = #SingleCelled critters more complex than bacteria - eg. #amoebae, #ciliates, #flagellates, #microalgae, etc.) mostly using #genomics and #bioinformatics.

I come from #Prague, CZ & currently live in #Orsay, FR.

I'm interseted in #diversity & #evolution of all life, #earth & #space #science, #languages, #religion, #progressive politics.