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Lukas VFN 🇪🇺<p>Pink snow tints the edges of Antarctica <a href="https://english.elpais.com/science-tech/2025-03-24/pink-snow-tints-the-edges-of-antarctica.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">english.elpais.com/science-tec</span><span class="invisible">h/2025-03-24/pink-snow-tints-the-edges-of-antarctica.html</span></a></p><p>"The <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/algae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>algae</span></a> that covers Mount Reina Sofía in patches is Sanguina nivaloides, a species first described in 2019. The meaning of its scientific name in Latin is eloquent: blood in the snow. Each creature has a single cell, about 20 thousandths of a millimeter in size, with a molecule inside that gives it its characteristic red color: <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/astaxanthin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>astaxanthin</span></a>... the same pigment that produces the color of salmon"</p><p><a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Antarctica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Antarctica</span></a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Protists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Protists</span></a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Microbes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Microbes</span></a></p>
Lukas VFN 🇪🇺<p>Mapping <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Antarctica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Antarctica</span></a>'s hidden ice-free lands: A blueprint for conservation <a href="https://phys.org/news/2025-01-antarctica-hidden-ice-free-blueprint.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">phys.org/news/2025-01-antarcti</span><span class="invisible">ca-hidden-ice-free-blueprint.html</span></a> paper: <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41597-025-04424-y" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nature.com/articles/s41597-025</span><span class="invisible">-04424-y</span></a></p><p>"The ice-free lands are home to uniquely adapted flora including micro-forests of <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/lichens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lichens</span></a>, <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/moss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>moss</span></a>, and two flowering plants, Antarctic hairgrass and pearlwort. They also sustain a variety of <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/mites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mites</span></a>, <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/springtails" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>springtails</span></a>, <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/tardigrades" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tardigrades</span></a>, <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/nematodes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nematodes</span></a>, <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/algae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>algae</span></a>, and <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/microbes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>microbes</span></a>. <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Seabirds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Seabirds</span></a> have established breeding colonies in these areas too."</p>
Lukas VFN 🇪🇺<p>How tiny algae shaped the <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/evolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>evolution</span></a> of giant clams <a href="https://phys.org/news/2025-01-tiny-algae-evolution-giant-clams.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">phys.org/news/2025-01-tiny-alg</span><span class="invisible">ae-evolution-giant-clams.html</span></a> <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s42003-024-07423-8" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nature.com/articles/s42003-024</span><span class="invisible">-07423-8</span></a></p><p>"T. maxima have evolved more genes for sensors to distinguish friendly <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/algae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>algae</span></a> from harmful <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/bacteria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bacteria</span></a>, <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/viruses" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>viruses</span></a>... it has tuned down some of its immune genes in a way that likely helps the <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/animals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>animals</span></a> tolerate <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/microbes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>microbes</span></a>... As a result of the weakened <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/ImmuneSystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ImmuneSystem</span></a>, its genome contains a large number of <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/TransposableElements" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TransposableElements</span></a> left behind by viruses. These aspects highlight the tradeoffs of <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/symbiosis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>symbiosis</span></a>"</p>
Lukas VFN 🇪🇺<p>This <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/amoeba" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>amoeba</span></a> eats prey like <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/owls" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>owls</span></a> do <a href="https://www.sciencenews.org/article/amoeba-eats-removes-shell" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">sciencenews.org/article/amoeba</span><span class="invisible">-eats-removes-shell</span></a> </p><p>The vampyrellid amoeba <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Strigomyxa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Strigomyxa</span></a> ruptor gen. et sp. nov. and its remarkable strategy to acquire algal cell contents <a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ece3.70191" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10</span><span class="invisible">.1002/ece3.70191</span></a> </p><p>"The microscopic predator engulfs <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/algae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>algae</span></a>, drains the cells and spits out the shell"</p><p><a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Protists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Protists</span></a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Amoebae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Amoebae</span></a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Microbes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Microbes</span></a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Biology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Biology</span></a></p>
Lukas VFN 🇪🇺<p>Research reveals even single-cell organisms exhibit habituation, a simple form of learning <a href="https://phys.org/news/2024-11-reveals-cell-habituation-simple.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">phys.org/news/2024-11-reveals-</span><span class="invisible">cell-habituation-simple.html</span></a></p><p>Biochemically plausible models of habituation for single-cell learning: Lina Eckert et al. <a href="https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(24)01430-1" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cell.com/current-biology/fullt</span><span class="invisible">ext/S0960-9822(24)01430-1</span></a></p><p>"Earlier work found that a single-cell ciliate showed avoidance behavior, not unlike the actions observed in animals that encounter unpleasant stimuli."</p><p><a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Protists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Protists</span></a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Microbes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Microbes</span></a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Ciliates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ciliates</span></a></p>
Lukas VFN 🇪🇺<p>The mystery of the secretly sexual lichens <a href="https://phys.org/news/2024-11-mystery-secretly-sexual-lichens.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">phys.org/news/2024-11-mystery-</span><span class="invisible">secretly-sexual-lichens.html</span></a></p><p>Rethinking asexuality: the enigmatic case of functional sexual genes in <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Lepraria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lepraria</span></a>. By Meredith Doellman <a href="https://bmcgenomics.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12864-024-10898-8" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bmcgenomics.biomedcentral.com/</span><span class="invisible">articles/10.1186/s12864-024-10898-8</span></a></p><p>"<a href="https://scholar.social/tags/lichen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lichen</span></a> called Lepraria, long assumed to be asexual, still has the genes that govern sexual reproduction. These <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/lichens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lichens</span></a> contrary to what scientists have thought for decades, may have secret sex lives that no one has been able to observe."</p><p><a href="https://scholar.social/tags/LichenSubscribe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LichenSubscribe</span></a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Fungi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fungi</span></a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Algae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Algae</span></a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Microbes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Microbes</span></a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Biology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Biology</span></a></p>
gclef 🇺🇦<p>"Incorporating wood sawdust and chips into field soils stimulates fungal growth. In particular, incorporation of hardwood material resulted in rapid and long-term stimulation of fungal filamentous growth. The fungi that develop are not the wood rot basidiomycetes found in forests but ascomycetes (sac fungi) that have easy access to the cellulose polymers in shredded wood."</p><p>"Stimulating fungi through wood addition fits well with more sustainable agriculture. It suppresses plant pathogenic fungi and the excess nitrogen, which might otherwise wash out, is captured by the fungi. It also increases the overall diversity of soil life by providing fungal-eating soil creatures with a food source."</p><p><a href="https://nioo.knaw.nl/en/news/the-hidden-world-of-wood-decaying-fungi" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">nioo.knaw.nl/en/news/the-hidde</span><span class="invisible">n-world-of-wood-decaying-fungi</span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Fungi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fungi</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Microbes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Microbes</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Soil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Soil</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Environment</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nature</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Biodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Biodiversity</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/FungiFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FungiFriday</span></a></p>
Laurie Winkless<p>My latest article for Forbes is all about urban microbes <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/lauriewinkless/2024/10/29/novel-microbes-are-thriving-in-the-concrete-jungle/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">forbes.com/sites/lauriewinkles</span><span class="invisible">s/2024/10/29/novel-microbes-are-thriving-in-the-concrete-jungle/</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/scicomm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scicomm</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/microbes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>microbes</span></a></p>
michael<p>17-Oct-2024<br>City <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/microbes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>microbes</span></a> surviving on disinfectants, research reveals<br>New research shows microbes in our <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cities</span></a> are evolving to resist the very cleaners we use to eliminate them. It also identifies novel strains living in Hong Kong that were previously only found in Antarctic desert soil.</p><p><a href="https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1061307" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">eurekalert.org/news-releases/1</span><span class="invisible">061307</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ecology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ecology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UrbanEcology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UrbanEcology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/microbiome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>microbiome</span></a></p>
michael<p>17-Oct-2024<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Mangroves" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mangroves</span></a>' <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/microbes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>microbes</span></a> to munch on plastic</p><p><a href="https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1061665" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">eurekalert.org/news-releases/1</span><span class="invisible">061665</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ecology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ecology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PlasticPollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PlasticPollution</span></a></p>
Lukas VFN 🇪🇺<p>Catching prey with grappling hooks and cannons: The unusual weapons arsenal of a predatory marine bacterium <a href="https://phys.org/news/2024-10-prey-grappling-cannons-unusual-weapons.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">phys.org/news/2024-10-prey-gra</span><span class="invisible">ppling-cannons-unusual-weapons.html</span></a></p><p>Mechanism of bacterial predation via ixotrophy <a href="https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adp0614" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">science.org/doi/10.1126/scienc</span><span class="invisible">e.adp0614</span></a></p><p>"Like a pirate ship in search of a potential victim, Aureispira swiftly glides over solid surfaces towards its prey, such as Vibrio bacteria. As soon as there is close contact, the grappling hooks become entangled with the victim's flagella, and it can no longer escape."</p><p><a href="https://scholar.social/tags/bacteria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bacteria</span></a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/microbes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>microbes</span></a></p>
Lukas VFN 🇪🇺<p>First evidence of life colonizing deep into the bedrock of Greenland <a href="https://phys.org/news/2024-09-evidence-life-colonizing-deep-bedrock.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">phys.org/news/2024-09-evidence</span><span class="invisible">-life-colonizing-deep-bedrock.html</span></a></p><p>Late <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Cretaceous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cretaceous</span></a> and Early <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Paleogene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Paleogene</span></a> Fluid Circulation and Microbial Activity in Deep Fracture Networks of the <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Precambrian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Precambrian</span></a> Basement of Western Greenland <a href="https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2024GC011646" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.co</span><span class="invisible">m/doi/10.1029/2024GC011646</span></a> </p><p>"These ages overlap with tectonic events related to the opening of the Atlantic Ocean... deep fracture networks in western <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Greenland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Greenland</span></a> opened and were colonized by <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/microbes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>microbes</span></a>, such as sulfate reducers, during these events."</p>
Lukas VFN 🇪🇺<p>These <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/microbes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>microbes</span></a> have been thriving without <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/mitochondria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mitochondria</span></a> since the age of <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/dinosaurs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dinosaurs</span></a>!</p><p>7 years ago, we identified the first known <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/eukaryote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>eukaryote</span></a> that has completely lost its mitochondria in a humble inhabitant of <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/chinchilla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chinchilla</span></a>'s gut - <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Monocercomonoides" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Monocercomonoides</span></a> exilis.</p><p>Today, we can say with confidence, that this intriguing simplification of the cell is not unique to M. exilis, but shared with many of its relatives. This means that it happened at least 100 million years ago!</p><p><a href="https://journals.plos.org/plosgenetics/article?id=10.1371/journal.pgen.1011050" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">journals.plos.org/plosgenetics</span><span class="invisible">/article?id=10.1371/journal.pgen.1011050</span></a></p>
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