The presence of parasitic microbes has for the first time been found literally altering the metabolism of their hosts.
The culprits are tiny, parasitic archaea of the species Candidatus Nanohaloarchaeum antarcticus that parasitize other single-celled organisms, the host archaeon species Halorubrum lacusprofundi.
And researchers have found that these parasites are very selective about the resources they steal from the body of their host.
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Hemitrichia serpula by kokosuke3
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Hatsune microbe
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CRISPR was already on thin fucking ice as a serious name for a biotech technique and now they made up CRISPY-BRED are you joking
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Did you know that 4000 metres bellow the ocean there are chemosynthetic bacteria that are specifically evolved to digest the wood of trees that have grown on land?
The wood on the sea floor can come from trees that fall into lakes and end up in the ocean, or wooden ships that have sunken. (Called 'Wood-falls')
The reason why deep marine organisms are able to digest wood despite never seeing the light of day, let alone a plant - since plants are unable to grow in the deep ocean because of a lack of sunlight - is because the ocean is so isolated and scarce of food that when a new food source is suddenly available, organisms rapidly evolve to be able to eat it.
This is called 'Adaptive Radiation', and can also occur on isolated islands.
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dropped off this monster of a piece today for the 12th Annual Bridgeport Art Center Competition in Chicago! finished this piece last year after 300+ hours worth of work and im so excited it gets to live in a gallery for a while. inspired by a genus of diatom and all crocheted by hand. come check out the show if you’re in the area!
Diploneis Veil
2023, 60x27 inches, hand-crocheted filet lace
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Sprinkle Amoeba. Hehehehe ✨🦠
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"Microbial Rainbow" (detail), Tal Danino, 2018
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Lamproderma pseudomaculatum
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It's still so weird to me that this is what a bacteriophage actually looks
Like, tf do you mean it's not just a diagram, and it really looks like this
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can any mycologists help explain what's going on in this soy sauce bottle? i've done some lab work with fungi but i've never seen a mould tree before.
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