Why are scientists calling for urgent action on amoebas? These shape-shifting microbes can harbour deadly pathogens, and climate change is helping them spread.

Why are #scientists calling for urgent action on #amoebas? ...

| #soil | #water | #puddles | #lakes | #rivers | #pseudopodia | #Naegleria | #climatechange | Via @theconversation.com

Slime mold party! This was about a square inch of a log with a lot going on.

#slimemold #fungifriends #amoebas #alaskasky

Today in History, August 12th!

In 2671, the brave and noble soldiers of the Amoeba Planet begin their patriotic mission of wiping out the human race! Go get em boys!

Also today, @governor.ca.gov make a declaration in trumps native language.
#todayinhistory #california #newsom #amoebas

Your DNA is found in your chromosomes. Chromosomes are tiny threadlike structures packed tightly with your DNA that are found in the nucleus (the center) of your cells. Learn more about deoxyribonucleic acid and other fun stuff when you download this free educational activity booklet PDF. For ages 8 to adult. (Adult? Yes. Too many grown-ups know too little about and genomic science.) www.genetionary.org/DNA

A free* resource to introduce kids to genomic science. (Hopefully many adults will find it educational as well.)

It can be downloaded at www.genetionary.org/DNA

#DNA #science #kids #activitybook #genes #educational #parents #teachers #free #amoebas

*For personal, non-commercial use only.

A rectangular sheet features irregular black ink blotches, outlined with white and yellow stitch-like zig-zag patterns, creating an abstract, organic, and textured design on a light background.

#amoeba #amoebida #amoebae #amoebas any of the microscopic unicellular protozoans of the #rhizopodan order Amoeba. Each amoeba contains a small mass of jellylike #cytoplasm which is differentiated into a thin other plasma #membrane, a layer of stiff clear […]

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How Pseudomonas syringae uses a chemical radar to detect and kill amoebas A research team of the Cluster at the Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology—Hans Knöll Institute (Leibniz-HKI) and the Friedrich Schiller University, Jena has studied…

#Pseudomonas syringae uses a chemical radar to detect and kill #amoebas ...

| #bacteria | #microbe | #pathogen | #plants | By @leibniz-hki.de via @sciencex.bsky.social

Amoebas Fighting with Lightsabers! #amoeba #amoebas #lightsaber #lightsabers #starwars #maythe4th #maythe4thbewithyou #starwarsart #funny #humor #🦠 #etcheverywhere #etchasketchart #etchasketch #etchartist #spinmaster #art

If you love #Microscopy and particularly #Amoebas you'll get a blast out of this #Microsafari video from 2019 where I captured great detailed footage of an Amoeba proteus feeding multiple times! #science #microbiology #Scied

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