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Camera trap for microscopic aquatic life. Is it possible? How?
#microscopy #micrography #pondlife #aquaticlife #microscopicorganisms #microscopiclife #wildlife #wildlifephotography #photography #cameratraps #wildlifetraps #diatoms #ciliates #amoebas #algae

#amoeba #amoebida #amoebae #amoebas any of the microscopic unicellular protozoans of the #rhizopodan order Amoeba. Each amoeba contains a small mass of jellylike #cytoplasm which is differentiated into a thin other plasma #membrane, a layer of stiff clear #ectoplasm just within the plasma membrane, and a central granular #endoplasm
#sketchbook #pixelfedart #mastoart

A rectangular sheet features irregular black ink blotches, outlined with white and yellow stitch-like zig-zag patterns, creating an abstract, organic, and textured design on a light background.

... or other closely related Amoebae. Don't really care much.

#amoeba #Amoebas

There's an amoeba swimming in my brain
Trying hard to drive me insane
How it got there, I don't know
I've been rinsing my nose with water, though

Although this Neti pot thing is something I chose
I probably shouldn't put dirty water up my nose
Alas, it's too late for me
But not for you, you see.

#publichealth #poem (human) #amoebas

Rediscovery of rare marine #amoeba Rhabdamoeba marina https://phys.org/news/2023-11-rediscovery-rare-marine-amoeba-rhabdamoeba.html

#Rhabdamoeba marina is a heterotrophic relative of chlorarachnid algae https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jeu.13010

"The study highlights the importance of observing environmental samples for the rediscovery of #unicellular organisms such as R. marina that lack genetic data. Such efforts are indispensable for understanding #MicrobialDiversity."

#protists #microbes #amoebas #microorganisms #protistology #microbiology #algae #biodiversity

microscopic photo of the amoeba - a shapeshifting microbe with multiple lobes

A diverse set of species, from #snails to #algae to #amoebas, make programmable DNA-cutting enzymes called #Fanzors — and a new study from scientists at MIT’s McGovern Institute for Brain Research has identified thousands of them.
#CRISPR #DNA #RNA #Microbiology #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2023/10/mcb10142302.html

"#Aliens? #Vegetables? Nope, vegetable and #animal bridge #mushrooms. They're the myxomycetes, and they can move and hunt for prey or look for the best environment for them. They are born from spores, like mushrooms.
#Myxomycetes move like huge #amoebas, like pulsating masses; their movements seem to be dependent on microfibrils that remember the fibers of the muscles. These "blobs′′ crawl (at a speed of 1 cm per hour) #phagocusing #bacteria, #algae, #yeasts, #protozoa and other #organic material as they go; they digest them and expel the remains outside. Not randomly, mixomycetes proliferate where there are plenty of prey - on decomposing logs or on carpets of dead, wet leaves. And so they're often found in the #woods, #yellow, #purple, #blue, #red, thanks to the #pigments they contain.

#CrittersOfMastodon

One of the things that makes us humans different from #amoebas is curiosity.
I invite you to recover #Mathematics, #Physics and #Chemistry from #HighSchool and approach problems without fear.
Who can not be wrong is who does not try.
Go out into the field with a telescope and show your children the planets and stars at night.
Your children will always remember you for it.
Amoebas never doubt
Human beings doubt.
Science is not a dogma, it is made to criticize it.