illustration of five different microbial cells and some of the chemicals they exchange with their environment
New #ISEPpapers by @ankarn.bsky.social et al.! Living together: evolutionary and ecological dimensions of #protist endosymbiosis academic.oup.com/microlife/ar...
#Protists #Microbes #Symbiosis #Evolution
Really excited to share our new paper from @ibe-warszawa.bsky.social protist team! ๐
We dive into protist symbioses and show how these interactions shape ecosystems and have played a key role in the evolution of eukaryotes ๐ฆ
Check out our latest paper, work led by @amycthorpe.bsky.social titled "River Microbiomes as Sentinels of National-Scale Freshwater Ecosystems" ๐ฆ ๐
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@susheelbusi.bsky.social @lindsaynewbold.bsky.social @joedtaylor.bsky.social @danread.bsky.social
I look at these kinds of protists ALL THE TIME. I have never seen them in situ like this. One cell. Absolutely remarkable. #protistsonsky
A variety of delicious diatoms from recent marine plankton samples.
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Look at this handsome Harpacticoida copepod!
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New paper out today in the ISME | International Society for Microbial Ecology Journal and the first product from our ESIIL (Environmental Data Science Innovation and Impact Lab) working group on Fungal Dispersal. Check it out!
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A table with a pink tablecloth. A monitor to the right, microscopes in the middle, and a giant plankton net on the left.
All set up and ready to go! #marineplankton #scicomm ๐ฆ๐งช
Do the dance, do the algal dance.
Bryozoa, or sea mats, are colonial animals. Depending on the species, they can have planktonic larval stages that look like the first video (a coronate larva), or the second video (a cyphonautes larva). Both are super fun to watch!
#marineplankton ๐ฆ
With many thanks to @zlatogursky.bsky.social and @dumack.bsky.social, it looks like this one is solved. My initial hunch was wrong. This is likely an amoebozoan in the genus ๐๐ฐ๐ค๐ฉ๐ญ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ช๐ถ๐ฎ. I really appreciate their curiosity and expertise ๐คฉ๐. Found these relevant drawings (tinyurl.com/2me5ywvs):
My samples are still full of tintinnid ciliates! This one is poking out of its lorica to show us its lovely single-celled body.
#marinebiology #zooplankton
#microscopy #plankton #ciliates
Time lapse of an odd little monster. Presumably some kind of cercozoan from brackish water. #protistsonsky
A male Centropages hamatus copepod under UV light.
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Hi Bluesky microbiology/limnology/hydrology/field folks!
Has anyone used this style of cordless drill peristaltic pump for sample collection or field filtration?
The design checks a lot of our boxes (replaceable tubing, decent suction height, compact batteries), but doesn't seem widely available.
This beautiful little ice fish (Channichthydae) is taking advantage of being in a bucket full of copepods to help himself to many snacks. This is called โnet feedingโ & can scew gut content analyses in net caught organisms. Ice fish are the only fish without hemoglobin #oceanography #zooplankton ๐๐ง๐ฆ๐ถ
Not a great stack, but it gives you an idea of the glorious architecture of a Lagena sp. Foraminifera.
#marineplankton ๐ฆ #protistsonsky
The delightful contract and stretch of a Trematode flatworm, no doubt on the hunt for a host to enact its parasitic ways.
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We escaped the ice and have been science hard for 2 days - four full stations and a big factorial experiment setup! Very tired but very happy to be working. We caught Antarctic krill at one station, and lots of salps at all stations. Love the Green krill guts full of phytoplankton! #oceanography ๐๐ฆ๐ถ๐ฆ
Lots of Tintinnina in my sample this week! These are ciliates with a little โcupโ calls a lorica.
#marineplankton ๐ฆ #protistsonsky
I /think/ this might be Thalassiophysa hyalina. Iโd love to get a yay or nay from fellow plankton peeps. Plankton sample, southern North Sea, Norfolk coast UK. Apical axis = 64.1 um #marineplankton ๐ฆ #protistsonsky
Super duper cute!! A gorgeous gastropod (sea snail) veliger larva.
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The sweetest little sea snail larva.
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Soilwatching #adventcalender door 23 ๐๐
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Beautiful Bacillaria paxillifera, a colonial diatom, from todayโs sample.
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#worldsoilday ! Join us on at Soilwatching, diving into the hidden world under our feet - liana forests of fungal hyphae, bacteria swimming as the fastest organisms on earth, and protists jostling their food.
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