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Lukas VFN 🇪🇺<p>How <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/diatoms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>diatoms</span></a> thrive in—and light up—the Southern Ocean <a href="https://phys.org/news/2025-08-illuminates-diatoms-southern-ocean.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">phys.org/news/2025-08-illumina</span><span class="invisible">tes-diatoms-southern-ocean.html</span></a> paper: <a href="https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2024GB008457" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.co</span><span class="invisible">m/doi/10.1029/2024GB008457</span></a> </p><p>"An area of the remote <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/SouthernOcean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SouthernOcean</span></a> that's long confused ocean color satellites by reflecting large amounts of turquoise-colored light appears to be full of silica-rich diatoms"</p><p><a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Protists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Protists</span></a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Microbes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Microbes</span></a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Algae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Algae</span></a></p>
ISEP<p>New <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/ISEPpapers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ISEPpapers</span></a>! Eukaryote-Wide Distribution of a Family of Longin Domain-Containing GAP Complexes for Small GTPases <a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/tra.70016" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10</span><span class="invisible">.1111/tra.70016</span></a> by Anna Novák Vanclová et al. </p><p><a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Protists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Protists</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Microbes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Microbes</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Archaea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Archaea</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Eukaryogenesis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Eukaryogenesis</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Evolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Evolution</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Eukaryotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Eukaryotes</span></a></p>
Lukas VFN 🇪🇺<p>Sugars from the ocean are responsible for a large part of the ice nuclei over southern hemisphere <a href="https://phys.org/news/2025-07-sugars-salty-ocean-responsible-large.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">phys.org/news/2025-07-sugars-s</span><span class="invisible">alty-ocean-responsible-large.html</span></a> Paper by Susan Hartmann et al.: <a href="https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.est.4c08014" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.e</span><span class="invisible">st.4c08014</span></a></p><p>"ice-forming molecules (affecting cloud formation) produced by <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/fungi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fungi</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/protists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>protists</span></a> in seawater can enter the atmosphere... there was a lack of knowledge about the chemical identity of these molecules... polysaccharides could be the missing piece of the puzzle"</p>
KTJA diatom, probably Guinarida species (in the middle).<br> <br> Brunsviken, a freshwater lake in Stockholm, 3rd of May 2025. 600x magnification.<br> <br> I am still setting up, searching for relatable proper microflora atlases and learning to add a scale bar, etc. But I drop some photos in the meanwhile. If you have recommendations on how to solve these issues, or on any other improvements, drop them in the comments below!<br> <br> <a href="https://pixey.org/discover/tags/microbes?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#microbes</a> <a href="https://pixey.org/discover/tags/microscope?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#microscope</a> <a href="https://pixey.org/discover/tags/amateurmicroscopy?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#amateurmicroscopy</a> <a href="https://pixey.org/discover/tags/micrography?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#micrography</a> <a href="https://pixey.org/discover/tags/nature?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#nature</a> <a href="https://pixey.org/discover/tags/wildlife?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#wildlife</a> <a href="https://pixey.org/discover/tags/balticsea?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#balticsea</a> <a href="https://pixey.org/discover/tags/baltic?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#baltic</a> <a href="https://pixey.org/discover/tags/protists?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#protists</a>
KTJDiatoms, dinoflagellates, and debris, Skagerrak (North Sea of the coast of Sweden, +/- off the coast of Gothenburg area), March 14th, 2023.<br> <br> <a href="https://pixey.org/discover/tags/microbes?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#microbes</a> <a href="https://pixey.org/discover/tags/microscope?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#microscope</a> <a href="https://pixey.org/discover/tags/amateurmicroscopy?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#amateurmicroscopy</a> <a href="https://pixey.org/discover/tags/nature?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#nature</a> <a href="https://pixey.org/discover/tags/wildlife?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#wildlife</a> <a href="https://pixey.org/discover/tags/balticsea?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#balticsea</a> <a href="https://pixey.org/discover/tags/baltic?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#baltic</a> <a href="https://pixey.org/discover/tags/protists?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#protists</a>
Academic Europe<p>Job - Alert 📢</p><p>👉🏼 RESEARCH ASSISTANT / PHD STUDENT (ALL GENDERS) - CELL BIOLOGY OF THE VAMPIRE AMOEBAE </p><p>Deadline:&nbsp;2025-06-15 <br>Location:&nbsp;Germany, Darmstadt, Hessen </p><p>🔗 <a href="https://www.academiceurope.com/job/?id=7426" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">academiceurope.com/job/?id=742</span><span class="invisible">6</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.business/tags/hiring" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hiring</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.business/tags/PhD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PhD</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.business/tags/CellBiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CellBiology</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.business/tags/Protists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Protists</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.business/tags/Amoebae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Amoebae</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.business/tags/ElectronMicroscopy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElectronMicroscopy</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.business/tags/LifeSciences" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LifeSciences</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.business/tags/biology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>biology</span></a></p>
Frank Aylward<p>Giant viruses integrate into the genomes of money protists. Our latest study adds the model protist Euglena to the list</p><p>"Giant endogenous viral elements in the genome of the model protist Euglena gracilis reveal past interactions with giant viruses"</p><p><a href="https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.04.23.650285v1" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/20</span><span class="invisible">25.04.23.650285v1</span></a></p><p><a href="https://genomic.social/tags/viruses" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>viruses</span></a> <a href="https://genomic.social/tags/protists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>protists</span></a> <a href="https://genomic.social/tags/microbiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>microbiology</span></a> <a href="https://genomic.social/tags/genomics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>genomics</span></a></p>
ISEP<p>New <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/ISEPpapers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ISEPpapers</span></a>! Morphology and Molecular Phylogeny of Endosymbiotic <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Ciliates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ciliates</span></a> (Peritrichia, Mobilida) of Marine <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Invertebrates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Invertebrates</span></a> with Descriptions of Two <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/NewSpecies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewSpecies</span></a> Urceolaria clepsydra n. sp. and Urceolaria bratalia n. sp. <a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jeu.70003" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10</span><span class="invisible">.1111/jeu.70003</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Protists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Protists</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Microbes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Microbes</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Symbiosis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Symbiosis</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Microscopy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Microscopy</span></a></p>
Lukas VFN 🇪🇺<p>After 7,000 years without light and oxygen in <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/BalticSea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BalticSea</span></a> mud, researchers bring prehistoric <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/algae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>algae</span></a> back to life <a href="https://phys.org/news/2025-03-years-oxygen-baltic-sea-mud.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">phys.org/news/2025-03-years-ox</span><span class="invisible">ygen-baltic-sea-mud.html</span></a></p><p>Resurrection of a <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/diatom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>diatom</span></a> after 7000 years from anoxic Baltic Sea sediment: Sarah Bolius et al. <a href="https://academic.oup.com/ismej/article/19/1/wrae252/7942337" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">academic.oup.com/ismej/article</span><span class="invisible">/19/1/wrae252/7942337</span></a></p><p>"Such deposits are like a time capsule containing valuable information about past ecosystems and the inhabiting biological communities, their population development and genetic changes"</p><p><a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Protists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Protists</span></a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Diatoms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Diatoms</span></a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Microbes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Microbes</span></a></p>
ISEP<p><a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/ISEPpapers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ISEPpapers</span></a> 26: October 2024 to March 2025 <a href="https://www.isep-protists.com/post/iseppapers-26" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">isep-protists.com/post/iseppap</span><span class="invisible">ers-26</span></a></p><p>Your twenty-sixth digest of papers and preprints published by members of the International Society for Evolutionary Protistology is here!</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Protists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Protists</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Algae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Algae</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Microbes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Microbes</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Evolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Evolution</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Bacteria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bacteria</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Archaea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Archaea</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Symbiosis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Symbiosis</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Parasites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Parasites</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/TreeOfLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TreeOfLife</span></a></p>
michele<p>Stemonitopsis typhina different stages of life cycle - slime mold on a rotting poplar tree</p><p>Olympus OM1<br>Olympus M.60mm F2.8 Macro<br>Kenko extension tubes</p><p><a href="https://photog.social/tags/slimemold" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>slimemold</span></a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/biology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>biology</span></a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/macrophotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>macrophotography</span></a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/macrophoto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>macrophoto</span></a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nature</span></a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/protists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>protists</span></a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/OMsystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OMsystem</span></a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/OlympusOM1" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OlympusOM1</span></a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/myxomycetes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>myxomycetes</span></a></p>
ISEP<p>New <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/ISEPpapers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ISEPpapers</span></a>! Hijacking and integration of algal <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/plastids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>plastids</span></a> and <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/mitochondria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mitochondria</span></a> in a polar planktonic host: Ananya Kedige Rao et al. <a href="https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(25)00392-6" rel="nofollow noopener" 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(25)00392-6</span></a></p><p>"Hosts steal active plastids, mitochondria, and nuclei from the microalga <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Phaeocystis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Phaeocystis</span></a>... Stolen plastids increase in volume, and their photosynthetic activity is boosted... Stolen mitochondria transform into a network in close association with plastids"</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Microbes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Microbes</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Algae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Algae</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Protists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Protists</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Symbiosis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Symbiosis</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Organelles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Organelles</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Plankton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Plankton</span></a></p>
michele<p>Semicircle of Stemonitopsis typhina</p><p>slime mold on a rotting poplar tree</p><p>Olympus OM1<br>Olympus M.60mm F2.8 Macro<br>Kenko extension tubes</p><p><a href="https://photog.social/tags/slimemold" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>slimemold</span></a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/macrophotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>macrophotography</span></a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/biology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>biology</span></a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/omsystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>omsystem</span></a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/protista" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>protista</span></a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/protists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>protists</span></a></p>
michele<p>Stemonitopsis typhina on a rotting poplar tree</p><p>Olympus OM-1<br>M.Zuiko 60mm f2.8 macro<br>Kenko extension tubes</p><p><a href="https://photog.social/tags/slimemold" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>slimemold</span></a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/protista" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>protista</span></a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nature</span></a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/olympusom1" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>olympusom1</span></a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/omsystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>omsystem</span></a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/macrophotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>macrophotography</span></a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/myxomycetes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>myxomycetes</span></a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/protists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>protists</span></a></p>
naturepoker<p>Wonderful discovery for <a href="https://genomic.social/tags/protists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>protists</span></a> <a href="https://genomic.social/tags/independentresearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>independentresearch</span></a> <a href="https://genomic.social/tags/microscopy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>microscopy</span></a> <a href="https://genomic.social/tags/microbiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>microbiology</span></a> folks. Check out a new zine called "Amoeba Discovery": </p><p><a href="https://stefanluketa.com/amoeba-discovery/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">stefanluketa.com/amoeba-discov</span><span class="invisible">ery/</span></a></p><p>I never thought very much about protists/amoebas, and reading this volume was a fascinating introduction to what seems to be an understudied field. </p><p>Now I'm wondering how I might isolate and sequence some interesting samples!</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://genomic.social/@foaylward" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>foaylward</span></a></span></p>
Frank Aylward<p>My at-home algal cultivation hobby is going well. I am surprised thst soil samples are the best for growing new green algae - more so than pond water. </p><p><a href="https://genomic.social/tags/algae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>algae</span></a> <a href="https://genomic.social/tags/protists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>protists</span></a> <a href="https://genomic.social/tags/microbiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>microbiology</span></a></p>
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" 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" 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" 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" target="_blank">#<span>Antarctica</span></a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Protists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Protists</span></a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Microbes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Microbes</span></a></p>
llewelly<p>today's confusing taxonomic terms:</p><p>Saturnaliidae , a clade of early branching saurpodomorph dinosaurs<br>Saturnalidae , a clade of radiolarians<br>Saturniidae , a clade of moths</p><p><a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/dinosaurs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dinosaurs</span></a><br><a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/radiolarians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>radiolarians</span></a><br><a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/moths" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>moths</span></a><br><a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/insects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>insects</span></a><br><a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/arthropod" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>arthropod</span></a><br><a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/protists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>protists</span></a><br><a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/reptile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>reptile</span></a></p>
KTJDiatoms, dinoflagellates, and debris, Baltic Sea, March 2023.<br> <br> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/microbes?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#microbes</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/microscope?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#microscope</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/amateurmicroscopy?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#amateurmicroscopy</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/nature?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#nature</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/wildlife?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#wildlife</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/balticsea?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#balticsea</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/baltic?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#baltic</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/protists?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#protists</a><br> <br> Posted before on another. to-be-deleted pixelfed account.
Lukas VFN 🇪🇺<p>Ancient marine organism's dual-layer structure reveals both past and present ocean environments <a href="https://phys.org/news/2025-02-ancient-marine-dual-layer-reveals.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">phys.org/news/2025-02-ancient-</span><span class="invisible">marine-dual-layer-reveals.html</span></a></p><p>A cosmopolitan calcifying benthic <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/foraminifera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>foraminifera</span></a> in agglutinated disguise as a geochemical recorder of coastal environments <a href="https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2413054122" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2413</span><span class="invisible">054122</span></a> </p><p>"This species has a remarkable hidden feature—an inner shell made of calcium carbonate beneath its outer layer of gathered particles... [this] made them an excellent recorder of environmental conditions."</p><p><a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Protists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Protists</span></a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Microbes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Microbes</span></a></p>
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