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Reasons to Hope: synthetic #palmoil alternatives. Free from #deforestation – for real! Made from #algae #yeast #microbes, even CO2! Advocate for ecocide-free #palmoil alternatives! #Boycottpalmoil 🌴☠️⛔️ #Boycott4Wildlife 💡🙂@palmoildetectives
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Reasons to Hope: Palm Oil Alternatives Made Without Deforestation

The race is on to find a real solution to stop palm oil ecocide. For several years now, several new #biotech companies have been busy generating alternatives to palm oil that are healthier for huma…
Palm Oil Detectives
#yeast #microbes #algae #palmoil #deforestation #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife @Palm Oil Detectives

#algae #palmoil #deforestation #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife #together4forests #vegans

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#News: 🧐🌿 Fermented #algae oil is hitting #Europe's #beauty market as a deforestation-free alternative to #palmoil. Time to clean up cosmetics! 💄🌍✨ #BoycottPalmOil #Boycott4Wildlife #ClimateChange @palmoildetect.bsky.social greenqueen.com.hk/checkerspot-…

Can Fermented Algae Oils Clean Up Europe’s Cosmetics Industry?

As Europe’s personal care brands look for eco-friendly alternatives to animal and tropical fats, a new partnership bets on microalgae oils to usher in a new era for cosmetics.More and more Europeans are seeing cleaner beauty, with half of consumers n
Anay Mridul (Green Queen)
#News #Europe #climatechange #algae #palmoil #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife #beauty

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#Agriculture is destroying the planet - #algae is a #climatechange resilient answer needing no land to grow, it has a superb nutrients for human #health and more 🌱🍃🥕🥦 #Boycottpalmoil go #vegan 🌴🔥❌ #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetect.bsky.social palmoildetectives.com/2022/12/…

Humble Algae: The Solution to Palm Oil Ecocide

Consumers, businesses and researchers have shown growing interest in microalgae in recent years. Use of Arthrospira platensis (spirulina) as a food supplement is one example. Others include how mic…
Palm Oil Detectives
#vegan #Health #climatechange #agriculture #algae #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife

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#Algae has a tasty 'umami' flavour and a superb nutrient profile and it's #vegan. It doesn't cause #deforestation either! Replacing #palmoil with #algae 🌳🌿 is good for rainforests #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife 🌴⛔️#Together4Forests @palmoildetect palmoildetectives.com/2022/10/…

Seaweed is high in vitamins and minerals – but that’s not the only reason westerners should eat more of it

Edible seaweeds and algae – or sea vegetables – are a group of aquatic plants that are found in the ocean. Kelp, dulse, wakame and sea grapes are all types of seaweeds that are used in …
Palm Oil Detectives
#vegan #algae #palmoil #deforestation #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife #together4forests

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#News: Microbial oils from yeast and #algae could replace #palmoil, cutting #deforestation. Production is scaling, but we still need more investment 🧐🚫 #BoycottPalmOil #@palmoildetect.bsky.social just-food.com/analyst-comment/…

Why microbial oils could mitigate deforestation from palm oil

Companies are increasingly exploring substitutes to palm oil to cut the risk they face from deforestation in their supply chains.
GlobalData Strategic Intelligence (Just Food)
#News #algae #palmoil #deforestation #Boycottpalmoil

#yeast #microbes #algae #palmoil #deforestation #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife

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I believe I found some Haematococcus pluvialis in my birdbath, which apparently is where they commonly occur due to the high sunlight. The red astaxanthin pigments are UV protective. It looked like the rotifers were preferentially eating them.

#algae #protists #microscope

#protists #microscope #algae

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Any idea what this algae or plant is? It forms green films on top if a nearby pond. Under the scope it forms largish clumps or sacks of cells- maybe 50-100 um or so across. Seems too large for most algae and too small for plants like duckweed. I've never come across it before, and I'd be curious to get an ID if anyone knew!

#algae #ponds #microscopy

#microscopy #algae #ponds

We found a really cool giant virus inside the genome of a green alga, and it has a very strange infection cycle that is hard to detect.

There are reports going back decades of viral particles spontaneously appearing in pure cultures of green algae, so this phenomenon seems quite common but mostly overlooked.

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#viruses #microbiology #algae

#microbiology #viruses #algae

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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.

#algae #protists #microbiology

#microbiology #protists #algae

#microbes #algae

#microscopy #protists #algae

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Not the best quality but always nice to see microbial life in the pond. Maybe one is a ciliate with endosymbiotic algae?
#SilentSunday #algae #microcosmos
#SilentSunday #algae #microcosmos

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New #ISEPpapers #preprint! Viral infection to the raphidophycean alga #Heterosigma akashiwo affects both intracellular organic matter composition and dynamics of a coastal prokaryotic community biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/20…

#protists #algae #viruses #microbes #biology

Viral infection to the raphidophycean alga Heterosigma akashiwo affects both intracellular organic matter composition and dynamics of a coastal prokaryotic community

Marine microalgae play a crucial role in marine ecosystem by supplying dissolved organic matter to heterotrophic prokaryotes, which mediate the microbial loop.
bioRxiv
#biology #protists #preprint #viruses #microbes #algae #iseppapers #heterosigma

#Evolution #biology #protists #microbes #algae #iseppapers #parasites #organelles

#microbiology #viruses #algae

#microbiology #viruses #algae

#microbiology #viruses #algae

#microbes #algae #microcosmos

#microbiology #algae #microcosmos

#protists #preprint #genomics #microbes #algae #iseppapers #parasites #prototheca @bioRxiv

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Follow the leader: A new study of #flagella in #algae reveals how they coordinate their movements to ensure cells steer efficiently elifesciences.org/digests/8610… #protists #microbes

The younger flagellum sets the beat for #Chlamydomonas reinhardtii elifesciences.org/articles/861…

"To steer, C. reinhardtii adjusts the strength of the strokes made by each flagellum. Despite this asymmetry, the flagella must continue to beat in synchrony to move efficiently."

The younger flagellum sets the beat for Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

External hydrodynamic forcing on each flagellum of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii reveals a leader-follower relation between the two flagella in the synchronous beating.
Da Wei (eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd)
#protists #microbes #algae #flagella #Chlamydomonas

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Two lifeforms merge in once-in-a-billion-years #evolutionary event
Scientists have caught a once-in-a-billion-years evolutionary event in progress, as two lifeforms have merged into one organism that boasts abilities its peers would envy. Last time this happened, Earth got plants. The #algae Braarudosphaera bigelowii has been found to have absorbed a #cyanobacteria called UCYN-A, which may be a huge step forward for #evolution.
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Two lifeforms merge in once-in-a-billion-years evolutionary event

Scientists have discovered that a once-in-a-billion-years evolutionary event is underway, as two lifeforms have merged into one organism that boasts abilities its peers would envy. Last time this happened, Earth got plants.
Michael Irving (New Atlas)
#Evolution #cyanobacteria #algae #evolutionary

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Metabarcoding, metagenomics and other omics methods revolutionize the study and monitoring of aquatic ecosystems. Come and join the 350 scientists and managers who will be discussing the use and development of these methods.
aquaecomics.symposium.inrae.fr…

#metabarcoding #metagenomics #fish #algae #protist #DNA #bioinformatic #pipeline #omics #MolecularEcology

AquaEcOmics

Evian, France - 17 to 21 March 2025
aquaecomics.symposium.inrae.fr
#fish #algae #metagenomics #dna #pipeline #protist #omics #bioinformatic #molecularecology #metabarcoding

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#Mutualism on the edge: Understanding the #Paramecium–#Chlorella symbiosis journals.plos.org/plosbiology/…

"Exploring the mechanisms that underpin #symbiosis requires an understanding of how these complex interactions are maintained in diverse model systems. The ciliate #protist, Paramecium bursaria, offers a valuable insight into how emergent endosymbiotic interactions have evolved."

#protists #algae #microbes #ciliates

Mutualism on the edge: Understanding the Paramecium–Chlorella symbiosis

Exploring the mechanisms that underpin symbiosis requires an understanding of how these complex interactions are maintained in diverse model systems.
journals.plos.org
#protists #symbiosis #microbes #algae #ciliates #protist #mutualism #paramecium #chlorella

Daily turnover of active giant virus infection during algal blooms revealed by single-cell transcriptomics

"A consistent percent of infected coccolithophores displayed the early phase of viral replication for several consecutive days, indicating a daily turnover and continuous virocell-associated metabolite production, potentially affecting the surrounding microbiome"

science.org/doi/full/10.1126/s…

#viruses #algae #HAB #ocean #marine #virology

#Ocean #viruses #marine #virology #algae #hab

Marine #microorganisms are crucial for #ocean health.

#Bacteria, #archaea, #fungi, #algae and #viruses make up most of the biomass in the seas and form the base of marine food webs.

They support nutrient cycling and drive crucial biogeochemical processes, including key steps in the carbon, nitrogen and silicon cycles.

Ocean modelling must evolve to take their biological complexity into account.

#biology #ecology #oceans
nature.com/articles/d41586-023…

‘Oceans are hugely complex’: modelling marine microbes is key to climate forecasts

Microorganisms are the engines that drive most marine processes. Ocean modelling must evolve to take their biological complexity into account.
Tagliabue, Alessandro
#Ocean #ecology #biology #bacteria #fungi #viruses #oceans #algae #MicroOrganisms #archaea

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New #ISEPpapers! Long-read-based genome assembly reveals numerous endogenous viral elements in the green algal bacterivore Cymbomonas tetramitiformis academic.oup.com/gbe/advance-a… #protists #algae #microbes #genomics #viruses by @DacksLabECB

Long-read-based genome assembly reveals numerous endogenous viral elements in the green algal bacterivore Cymbomonas tetramitiformis

Abstract. The marine tetraflagellate Cymbomonas tetramitiformis has drawn attention as an early diverging green alga that uses a phago-mixotrophic mode of nutri
Gyaltshen, Yangtsho (Oxford University Press)
#protists #genomics #viruses #microbes #algae #iseppapers @DacksLabECB

#microbiology #crispr #amoebas #RNA #algae #sflorg #dna #snails #fanzors

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Photosynthetic organisms like #algae can capture carbon and be used to manufacture bioplastics and biofuels. Researchers from @uts_c3 explain how algae can be used in industry to both reduce #carbon emissions and produce useful materials #PLOSBiology
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Save the planet with green industries using algae

We can use photosynthesis to capture carbon and make industries greener. Algae-driven carbon capture and manufacturing offer the potential for reducing CO2 emissions while also producing commodities such as bioplastics.
plos.io
#carbon #plosbiology #algae

#fungi #lichen #symbiosis #algae

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This is interesting and might be relevant for bloom-ending processes in #phytoplankton. Roseobacter can coexist with Emiliania huxleyi (and important bloom forming coccolithophore important to carbon cycling), providing vitamins for ready supplies of sugar and amino acids. However when an algal cell is dying they bacteria can collect additional compounds and leave in search other other hosts. #algae #oceanography

phys.org/news/2023-01-friend-f…

'Friend or foe' bacteria kill their algal hosts when coexisting is no longer beneficial

Scientists have detailed a lifestyle switch that occurs in marine bacteria, in which they change from coexisting with algae hosts in a mutually beneficial interaction to suddenly killing them. The results are published today in eLife.
Science X (Phys.org)
#oceanography #phytoplankton #algae

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