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  1. "Maybe you already know how your immune system works, but you’d like someone to sum it all up in a way that helps you articulate the details when your friends and relatives bash you for protecting yourself.

    So, where did this idea come from—it’s good to get sick?

    It has a history.

    Let’s start with a basic question: Where exactly did this idea come from that you have to train your immune system?"

    the-sentinel-intelligence.net/

    #immune #ImmuneResponse #Immunity #ImmuneSystem #Infection #Infections #pathogensAirborneTransmission #virus #bacteria #protist #paramecia #fungus #illness

  2. `To date there is evidence of Eukaryotes using the pathway, suggesting it may be more widespread than previously thought:

    Hordeum vulgare, barley uses the Entner–Duodoroff pathway.

    Phaeodactylum tricornutum diatom model species presents functional phosphogluconate dehydratase and dehoxyphosphogluconate aldolase genes in its genome`

    #diatom #protist #biology #biochemistry

  3. Biologists study trade-offs of microscopic predators phys.org/news/2024-05-biologis

    Costs of being a diet generalist for the #protist predator #Dictyostelium discoideum pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2313

    "The #amoebae prey on a very diverse group of #bacteria. But when they switch from one bacteria to another, there's a physiological cost."

    #protists #microbes #ecology #predation #biology #amoeba #SlimeMolds

  4. #Mutualism on the edge: Understanding the #Paramecium#Chlorella symbiosis journals.plos.org/plosbiology/

    "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

  5. 🇨🇵 12 months #microscopy assistant position in Bretagne, France:

    CDD Assistant-e Ingénieur-e en #microscopie (12 mois) à la Station Biologique de #Roscoff
    ⚠️ Date limite de dépôt des candidatures 10 octobre ⚠️

    🔬 🦠 🌊
    #marine #microalgae #macroalgae #protist #plankton #ecology

  6. They’re tiny but deadly - a glimpse into the ciliate culture that’s responsible for killing sea urchins in the Caribbean (each ciliate is about 1/20th of a millimeter long) #USFCMS #urchin #marine #microscopy #science #microbiology #protist #ocean #oceanography

  7. We spent most of 2022 hunting down a sea urchin killer - and the results are published in Science Advances today - check out this story (with lots of great photos) by #USFCMS - usf.edu/marine-science/news/20 summarizing the work. #urchin #Diadema #disease #ocean #marine #oceanography #ciliate #protist #ecology #research #science #invertebrate #microscopy 🧵

  8. This was a weird one. So pretty and I’d never seen anything like it! The wonderful @microbe_guru over on insta came to my rescue once more and informed me it is a Radiosperma - a protist. I know nothing about them, so I’m off to read a paper.

    #marinebiology #marinebiologyuk #northnorfolkcoast #northsea #sea #ocean #biology #plankton #marinetaxonomy #wildlife #nature #microscopy #microorganism #zooplankton #protist

  9. Beautiful #cryoET paper on choanoflagellate #flagella #cilia revealing the enigmatic ciliary vane, new components and similarities to animal cilia
    #protist #evolution #EM #choanoflagellate
    elifesciences.org/articles/781