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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 noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>algae</span></a> <a href="https://genomic.social/tags/protists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>protists</span></a> <a href="https://genomic.social/tags/microbiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>microbiology</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 noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dinosaurs</span></a><br><a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/radiolarians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>radiolarians</span></a><br><a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/moths" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>moths</span></a><br><a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/insects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>insects</span></a><br><a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/arthropod" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>arthropod</span></a><br><a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/protists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>protists</span></a><br><a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/reptile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" 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 noreferrer" target="_blank">#microbes</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/microscope?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#microscope</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/amateurmicroscopy?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#amateurmicroscopy</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/nature?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nature</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/wildlife?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wildlife</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/balticsea?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#balticsea</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/baltic?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#baltic</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/protists?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#protists</a><br> <br> Posted before on another. to-be-deleted pixelfed account.
Massimo Luciani<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/biology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/symbiosis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>symbiosis</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/protists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>protists</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bacteria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bacteria</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/oceans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oceans</span></a> </p><p>An article published in the journal Cell Host &amp; Microbe reports the results of a study on the symbiosis between predatory protists and bacteria related to species that are pathogenic to various animal species and sometimes to humans. A team of researchers conducted a series of analyses on water samples and identified protists with predatory habits that eat some species of bacteria but are in symbiosis with other species.</p><p><a href="https://english.netmassimo.com/2025/02/13/a-research-on-symbiosis-between-predatory-protists-and-bacteria-in-the-oceans/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">english.netmassimo.com/2025/02</span><span class="invisible">/13/a-research-on-symbiosis-between-predatory-protists-and-bacteria-in-the-oceans/</span></a></p>
Frank Aylward<p>Maybe some Gonium and Dinobryon, among other algae? </p><p><a href="https://genomic.social/tags/protists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>protists</span></a> <a href="https://genomic.social/tags/algae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>algae</span></a> <a href="https://genomic.social/tags/microscopy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>microscopy</span></a></p>
ISEP<p>New <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/ISEPpapers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ISEPpapers</span></a>! Comparative Analysis of <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Protist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Protist</span></a> Communities in <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Oilsands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oilsands</span></a> Tailings Using Amplicon Sequencing and <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Metagenomics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Metagenomics</span></a>: Kristína Záhonová et al. <a href="https://enviromicro-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/1462-2920.70029" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">enviromicro-journals.onlinelib</span><span class="invisible">rary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/1462-2920.70029</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Protists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Protists</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Microbes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Microbes</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Biology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Biology</span></a></p>
ISEP<p>New <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/ISEPpapers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ISEPpapers</span></a>! An expanded phylogenomic analysis of <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Heterolobosea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Heterolobosea</span></a> reveals the deep relationships, non-canonical genetic codes, and cryptic flagellate stages in the group <a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1055790325000065" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">sciencedirect.com/science/arti</span><span class="invisible">cle/abs/pii/S1055790325000065</span></a> </p><p>"The first broadly-sampled phylogenomic analyses of the phylum Heterolobosea... The first two cases of genetic code alterations in Heterolobosea... Evidence for cryptic <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/flagellates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>flagellates</span></a> in <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Acrasidae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Acrasidae</span></a> and loss of flagella in <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Neovahlkampfia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Neovahlkampfia</span></a>." </p><p><a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Protists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Protists</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Microbes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Microbes</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Genomics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Genomics</span></a></p>
ISEP<p>New <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/ISEPpapers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ISEPpapers</span></a>! How marine are Marine <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Stramenopiles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Stramenopiles</span></a> (MAST)? A cross-system evaluation <a href="https://academic.oup.com/femsec/article/100/11/fiae130/7815208" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">academic.oup.com/femsec/articl</span><span class="invisible">e/100/11/fiae130/7815208</span></a> </p><p>"MAST comprise several independent lineages at the base of the <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Stramenopiles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Stramenopiles</span></a>. Despite their prevalence in the <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/ocean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ocean</span></a>, the majority of MAST diversity remains uncultured."</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Protists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Protists</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Microbes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Microbes</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Biology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Biology</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Biodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Biodiversity</span></a></p>