#photosynthetic — Public Fediverse posts

This is the first #photosynthetic organism, and the first single-cell organism, shown to produce so called apoptotic bodies during cell death
#Biochemistry #Biology #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2025/09/bchm09292501.html

Wang, Y., Oliver, T.J., Croce, R. et al. Addition of longer wavelength absorbing chlorophylls into #crops could increase their #photosynthetic productivity by 26%. Nat Commun 16, 7933 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-62885-6

Volcanic #hot_springs dwelling #algae reveal #photosynthetic insights

#thermophiles #Cyanidioschyzon #carbon_concentrating_mechanism #CCM

https://phys.org/news/2025-02-volcanic-hot-algae-reveal-photosynthetic.html

#Plastids can be engineered to enhance #photosynthetic & metabolic traits in #plants. This study identifies a #chloroplast-targeting peptide that is highly efficient in delivering biologically functional proteins to plastids in plants #PLOSBiology https://plos.io/3XFeNDk

#Plastids can be engineered to enhance #photosynthetic & metabolic traits in #plants. This study identifies a #chloroplast-targeting peptide that is highly efficient in delivering biologically functional proteins to plastids in plants #PLOSBiology https://plos.io/3XFeNDk

#Plastids can be engineered to enhance #photosynthetic & metabolic traits in #plants. This study identifies a #chloroplast-targeting peptide that is highly efficient in delivering biologically functional proteins to plastids in plants #PLOSBiology https://plos.io/3XFeNDk

#Plastids can be engineered to enhance #photosynthetic & metabolic traits in #plants. This study identifies a #chloroplast-targeting peptide that is highly efficient in delivering biologically functional proteins to plastids in plants #PLOSBiology https://plos.io/3XFeNDk

#Plastids can be engineered to enhance #photosynthetic & metabolic traits in #plants. This study identifies a #chloroplast-targeting peptide that is highly efficient in delivering biologically functional proteins to plastids in plants #PLOSBiology https://plos.io/3XFeNDk

#IndianGhostPipe - #MonotropaUniflora

Herbaceous, #perennial flowering plant.

It can't generate its own chlorophyll & is #parasitic - specifically #mycoheterotroph. Its #symbiotic #fungi hosts are in the #Russulaceae family.

Through the fungal web of #mycorrhizae, #GhostPipe roots sap food from where the host fungi are connected to the #photosynthetic #trees. Clustered node roots of this plant are covered in hairs called #cystidium. The #cystidia found on these roots allow easy attachment to #FungiHyphae. As it's not dependent on sunlight to grow, it can grow in very dark environments, like understories of forests.

#Indigenous #Cherokee peoples feature the "pipe plant" in some of their #CreationStories. The legend states that the plant was named "Indian pipe" due to a group of chiefs quarreling without resolution, while passing a pipe around during the dispute; the Great Spirit then turned the chiefs into the plant, as they should have smoked the sacred pipe after making peace with each other. The plant is said to grow wherever friends have quarreled.

Native to #PacificNorthwest & a few other areas too.

#NotAFungi #PlantIdentification #PlantLovers #ParasiticPlants #InterestingPlants #Wsanec #Saanich #PNW #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #cascadia #LearnAboutPlants #Bloomscrolling #StrangeFlowers #ForestPlants #YYJ #Nature #WildPlants #NativePlants

#IndianGhostPipe - #MonotropaUniflora

Herbaceous, #perennial flowering plant.

It can't generate its own chlorophyll & is #parasitic - specifically #mycoheterotroph. Its #symbiotic #fungi hosts are in the #Russulaceae family.

Through the fungal web of #mycorrhizae, #GhostPipe roots sap food from where the host fungi are connected to the #photosynthetic #trees. Clustered node roots of this plant are covered in hairs called #cystidium. The #cystidia found on these roots allow easy attachment to #FungiHyphae. As it's not dependent on sunlight to grow, it can grow in very dark environments, like understories of forests.

#Indigenous #Cherokee peoples feature the "pipe plant" in some of their #CreationStories. The legend states that the plant was named "Indian pipe" due to a group of chiefs quarreling without resolution, while passing a pipe around during the dispute; the Great Spirit then turned the chiefs into the plant, as they should have smoked the sacred pipe after making peace with each other. The plant is said to grow wherever friends have quarreled.

Native to #PacificNorthwest & a few other areas too.

#NotAFungi #PlantIdentification #PlantLovers #ParasiticPlants #InterestingPlants #Wsanec #Saanich #PNW #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #cascadia #LearnAboutPlants #Bloomscrolling #StrangeFlowers #ForestPlants #YYJ #Nature #WildPlants #NativePlants

#IndianGhostPipe - #MonotropaUniflora

Herbaceous, #perennial flowering plant.

It can't generate its own chlorophyll & is #parasitic - specifically #mycoheterotroph. Its #symbiotic #fungi hosts are in the #Russulaceae family.

Through the fungal web of #mycorrhizae, #GhostPipe roots sap food from where the host fungi are connected to the #photosynthetic #trees. Clustered node roots of this plant are covered in hairs called #cystidium. The #cystidia found on these roots allow easy attachment to #FungiHyphae. As it's not dependent on sunlight to grow, it can grow in very dark environments, like understories of forests.

#Indigenous #Cherokee peoples feature the "pipe plant" in some of their #CreationStories. The legend states that the plant was named "Indian pipe" due to a group of chiefs quarreling without resolution, while passing a pipe around during the dispute; the Great Spirit then turned the chiefs into the plant, as they should have smoked the sacred pipe after making peace with each other. The plant is said to grow wherever friends have quarreled.

Native to #PacificNorthwest & a few other areas too.

#NotAFungi #PlantIdentification #PlantLovers #ParasiticPlants #InterestingPlants #Wsanec #Saanich #PNW #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #cascadia #LearnAboutPlants #Bloomscrolling #StrangeFlowers #ForestPlants #YYJ #Nature #WildPlants #NativePlants

#IndianGhostPipe - #MonotropaUniflora

Herbaceous, #perennial flowering plant.

It can't generate its own chlorophyll & is #parasitic - specifically #mycoheterotroph. Its #symbiotic #fungi hosts are in the #Russulaceae family.

Through the fungal web of #mycorrhizae, #GhostPipe roots sap food from where the host fungi are connected to the #photosynthetic #trees. Clustered node roots of this plant are covered in hairs called #cystidium. The #cystidia found on these roots allow easy attachment to #FungiHyphae. As it's not dependent on sunlight to grow, it can grow in very dark environments, like understories of forests.

#Indigenous #Cherokee peoples feature the "pipe plant" in some of their #CreationStories. The legend states that the plant was named "Indian pipe" due to a group of chiefs quarreling without resolution, while passing a pipe around during the dispute; the Great Spirit then turned the chiefs into the plant, as they should have smoked the sacred pipe after making peace with each other. The plant is said to grow wherever friends have quarreled.

Native to #PacificNorthwest & a few other areas too.

#NotAFungi #PlantIdentification #PlantLovers #ParasiticPlants #InterestingPlants #Wsanec #Saanich #PNW #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #cascadia #LearnAboutPlants #Bloomscrolling #StrangeFlowers #ForestPlants #YYJ #Nature #WildPlants #NativePlants

#IndianGhostPipe - #MonotropaUniflora

Herbaceous, #perennial flowering plant.

It can't generate its own chlorophyll & is #parasitic - specifically #mycoheterotroph. Its #symbiotic #fungi hosts are in the #Russulaceae family.

Through the fungal web of #mycorrhizae, #GhostPipe roots sap food from where the host fungi are connected to the #photosynthetic #trees. Clustered node roots of this plant are covered in hairs called #cystidium. The #cystidia found on these roots allow easy attachment to #FungiHyphae. As it's not dependent on sunlight to grow, it can grow in very dark environments, like understories of forests.

#Indigenous #Cherokee peoples feature the "pipe plant" in some of their #CreationStories. The legend states that the plant was named "Indian pipe" due to a group of chiefs quarreling without resolution, while passing a pipe around during the dispute; the Great Spirit then turned the chiefs into the plant, as they should have smoked the sacred pipe after making peace with each other. The plant is said to grow wherever friends have quarreled.

Native to #PacificNorthwest & a few other areas too.

#NotAFungi #PlantIdentification #PlantLovers #ParasiticPlants #InterestingPlants #Wsanec #Saanich #PNW #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #cascadia #LearnAboutPlants #Bloomscrolling #StrangeFlowers #ForestPlants #YYJ #Nature #WildPlants #NativePlants

Researchers Devise #Photosynthesis-Based Energy Source With Negative #CarbonEmissions extracting energy from the photosynthesis process of #algae

Suspended in a specialized solution, the algae forms part of a "micro #photosynthetic power cell" that can actually generate enough energy to power low-power devices like Internet of Things (#IoT) sensors.

Micro Photosynthetic Power Cell Array for Energy Harvesting: Bio-Inspired Modeling, Testing and Verification https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/17/7/1749

How a #cyanobacterium manages #iron scarcity makes it the most successful #photosynthetic organism on Earth.

#Prochlorococcus #FutA #protein #redox

https://phys.org/news/2024-04-cyanobacterium-iron-scarcity-successful-photosynthetic.html

How a #cyanobacterium manages #iron scarcity makes it the most successful #photosynthetic organism on Earth.

#Prochlorococcus #FutA #protein #redox

https://phys.org/news/2024-04-cyanobacterium-iron-scarcity-successful-photosynthetic.html

How a #cyanobacterium manages #iron scarcity makes it the most successful #photosynthetic organism on Earth.

#Prochlorococcus #FutA #protein #redox

https://phys.org/news/2024-04-cyanobacterium-iron-scarcity-successful-photosynthetic.html

How a #cyanobacterium manages #iron scarcity makes it the most successful #photosynthetic organism on Earth.

#Prochlorococcus #FutA #protein #redox

https://phys.org/news/2024-04-cyanobacterium-iron-scarcity-successful-photosynthetic.html

✨ Creating more accurate land surface models ✨

Are you simulating #photosynthetic processes based on correlations with leaf nitrogen? Be sure to take into account changing soil nitrogen! 🗺️ 🍃

https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erad195

#TerrestrialCarbon #NitrogenCycle #GIS #RemoteSensing #ClimateModels #Photosynthesis #LeafNitrogen #Fertiliser #LSM #Mapping #Modelling

Scientists find link between #photosynthesis and 'fifth state of matter' (#BoseEinsteinCondensate)

"#Photosynthetic light harvesting is taking place in a system that is at room temperature and what's more, its structure is disordered—very unlike the pristine crystallized #materials and cold temperatures that you use to make #exciton #condensates."

https://phys.org/news/2023-05-scientists-link-photosynthesis-state.html

#Fossils show that #eukaryotes first acquired #multicellularity 1.63 billion years ago
https://phys.org/news/2024-01-north-china-fossils-eukaryotes-multicellularity.html

1.63-billion-year-old #multicellular eukaryotes from the #Chuanlinggou Formation https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adk3208

"#Qingshania was most likely #photosynthetic #algae, probably belonging to the extinct stem group of #Archaeplastids (a major group consisting of red algae, green algae and land #plants, as well as #glaucophytes)"

Belt and suspenders: #Alpine #lake #bacteria deploy two light-harvesting systems

"Generally speaking, species tend to pick one or the other #metabolic system, the PC/Mac dichotomy of #phototrophic #organisms. However, a multi-institutional team of #MolecularBiologists now reports finding an alpine lake bacterium that uses both #bacteriochlorophyll-based #photosynthetic complexes and proton-pumping #rhodopsins."

https://phys.org/news/2022-12-belt-alpine-lake-bacteria-deploy.html

Belt and suspenders: #Alpine #lake #bacteria deploy two light-harvesting systems

"Generally speaking, species tend to pick one or the other #metabolic system, the PC/Mac dichotomy of #phototrophic #organisms. However, a multi-institutional team of #MolecularBiologists now reports finding an alpine lake bacterium that uses both #bacteriochlorophyll-based #photosynthetic complexes and proton-pumping #rhodopsins."

https://phys.org/news/2022-12-belt-alpine-lake-bacteria-deploy.html

Belt and suspenders: #Alpine #lake #bacteria deploy two light-harvesting systems

"Generally speaking, species tend to pick one or the other #metabolic system, the PC/Mac dichotomy of #phototrophic #organisms. However, a multi-institutional team of #MolecularBiologists now reports finding an alpine lake bacterium that uses both #bacteriochlorophyll-based #photosynthetic complexes and proton-pumping #rhodopsins."

https://phys.org/news/2022-12-belt-alpine-lake-bacteria-deploy.html

Belt and suspenders: #Alpine #lake #bacteria deploy two light-harvesting systems

"Generally speaking, species tend to pick one or the other #metabolic system, the PC/Mac dichotomy of #phototrophic #organisms. However, a multi-institutional team of #MolecularBiologists now reports finding an alpine lake bacterium that uses both #bacteriochlorophyll-based #photosynthetic complexes and proton-pumping #rhodopsins."

https://phys.org/news/2022-12-belt-alpine-lake-bacteria-deploy.html

Belt and suspenders: #Alpine #lake #bacteria deploy two light-harvesting systems

"Generally speaking, species tend to pick one or the other #metabolic system, the PC/Mac dichotomy of #phototrophic #organisms. However, a multi-institutional team of #MolecularBiologists now reports finding an alpine lake bacterium that uses both #bacteriochlorophyll-based #photosynthetic complexes and proton-pumping #rhodopsins."

https://phys.org/news/2022-12-belt-alpine-lake-bacteria-deploy.html

Could a foliar spray of #monoterpenes help #tomato plants under water deficit?

Yes and no...

✅ Reduced H2O2-induced lipid damage
❌ Still a #photosynthetic decline

https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erad219

#AscorbicPeroxidase #Malondialdehyde #OxidativeStress #SuperoxideDismutase #Solanum

Could a foliar spray of #monoterpenes help #tomato plants under water deficit?

Yes and no...

✅ Reduced H2O2-induced lipid damage
❌ Still a #photosynthetic decline

https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erad219

#AscorbicPeroxidase #Malondialdehyde #OxidativeStress #SuperoxideDismutase #Solanum

Could a foliar spray of #monoterpenes help #tomato plants under water deficit?

Yes and no...

✅ Reduced H2O2-induced lipid damage
❌ Still a #photosynthetic decline

https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erad219

#AscorbicPeroxidase #Malondialdehyde #OxidativeStress #SuperoxideDismutase #Solanum

This July 4 was hot. #Earth’s #Hottest day on record, in fact. : Wash Post

A #CRISPR-based method makes #TCells that thwart teens’ cancer : Nature

#Chemists discover why #Photosynthetic light-harvesting is so efficient : MIT

Check our latest #KnowledgeLinks

https://knowledgezone.co.in/resources/bookmarks

Using a complex cast of metal-studded pigments, #proteins, #enzymes, and co-enzymes, #photosynthetic #organisms can convert the energy in light into the #chemical energy for #life. The discovery solidifies our current understanding of #photosynthesis and will help answer questions about how life works on the smallest of scales, where #quantum physics and #biology meet.
#QuantumScience #Physics #EarthScience #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2023/06/qs06142301.html

Free in our April issue! Wang et al. reveal that overexpression of #soybean GmFtsH25 increases #photosynthetic☀️and crop🌱yields, providing a promising strategy to boost #crop production.
🔓⬇️
https://doi.org/10.1111/jipb.13405
@wileyplantsci
#JIPB #PlantScience #agriculture #CropScience

The fantastically weird world of #photosynthetic #SeaSlugs

https://www.ted.com/talks/michael_middlebrooks_the_fantastically_weird_world_of_photosynthetic_sea_slugs/c

#Anthocyanins are vital for #plant #growth and #development, protecting #photosynthetic tissues from photoinhibition. But how are they made and what controls where they accumulate? Read on to find out!
https://doi.org/10.1111/jipb.13471
@wileyplantsci
#JIPB #PlantScience #Arabidopsis

The fantastically weird world of #photosynthetic #SeaSlugs

https://www.ted.com/talks/michael_middlebrooks_the_fantastically_weird_world_of_photosynthetic_sea_slugs

The redox regulation mechanism responsible for efficient production of #ATP under varying light conditions in #photosynthetic #organisms has now been unveiled by Tokyo Tech researchers. They investigated the #enzyme responsible for this mechanism and uncovered how the amino acid sequences present in the enzyme regulate ATP production
#Biology #Chemistry #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2023/02/chm02272301.html

Overexpression of #soybean GmFtsH25 increases both #photosynthetic and crop yields, providing a promising strategy for boosting #crop production. https://doi.org/10.1111/jipb.13405
@wileyplantsci
#JIPB #PlantScience #agriculture #CropScience #photosynthesis

How marine picocyanobacteria assimilate nitrogen https://fems-microbiology.org/femsmicroblog-marine-picocyanobacteria-assimilate-nitrogen/ #microbes #bacteria #metabolism #plankton #cyanobacteria

Regulatory and metabolic adaptations in the #NitrogenAssimilation of marine picocyanobacteria https://academic.oup.com/femsre/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/femsre/fuac043/6794272

#Picocyanobacteria thrive in oceanic deserts – areas where nutrients are scarce – and are key agents for life on Earth. They adapted their genomes and metabolisms to save nitrogen and become the most abundant #photosynthetic organisms.