"It is very unlikely that we would drive to #extinction any native Martian #microorganisms in the process of extending the habitability of #Mars" https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Robert_Zubrin
#MicroOrganisms
We can consider three possible responses to the discovery of indigenous life on #Mars 🔴
• Leave it alone
• Alter Mars to enhance the chances of that biota to become a global scale biology
• Collect samples for laboratory preservation, then replace or augment it with #terrestrial life forms
It is very unlikely that we would drive to extinction any native #Martian #microorganisms 🦠 by extending the habitability of Mars
#RobertZubrin 2002
https://marspapers.org/paper/McKay_2000.pdf
#phototrophy #photosynthesis #chlorophyll #retinal #ATP #plants #microorganisms #evolution #biology #biochemistry #science
Original open access article
Burnetti et al. 02 February 2026, npj Complex 3, 9
Priority effects inhibit the repeated evolution of phototrophy
#FYI #PaulBeckwith video lecture #phototrophy #photosynthesis #chlorophyll #retinal #ATP #plants #microorganisms #evolution #biology #biochemistry #science
Paul & Newton introduce a highly interesting paper on the biology of #energy production from #sunlight
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qX0...
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:cfqu6alt3sngvm3mir7vqtzy/post/3mdycyp34wk2c
On the Evolution of Life — Why...
#FYI #PaulBeckwith video lecture #phototrophy #photosynthesis #chlorophyll #retinal #ATP #plants #microorganisms #evolution #biology #biochemistry #science
Paul & Newton introduce a highly interesting paper on how and why plants/microorganisms developed #energy production from #sunlight twice differently.
(And yes, we also have rhodopsin in our eyes, we "see" with it. From the incoming light it produces electric signals for the brain.)
Microbes may be invisible, but they underpin planetary and ecosystem health — and are increasingly threatened by climate change, pollution and land use change.
A new IUCN specialist group aims to put microbes on the conservation agenda, including Red and Green Lists for at-risk species.
by Sean Mowbray
https://news.mongabay.com/2026/01/iucn-launches-group-to-conserve-at-risk-microbes-vital-to-life-on-earth/
#news #climatechange #conservation #ecosystems #endangeredspecies #extinction #habitatloss #microorganisms
Lindsay Vonn, Connor McDavid and Amber Glenn, eat your hearts out. The most impressive physical feats are taking place at microscopic scale. @KnowableMag looks at the extraordinary abilities of microbes that can move at hundreds of body lengths per second, balloon to six times their starting size in minutes, and target their prey with extreme speed or accuracy.
#Microorganisms in #seawater immediately surrounding #corals act as superior, non-invasive biomarkers for detecting diseases like Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease (SCTLD) compared to #microbes within the coral tissue.
#MarineBiology #Ecology #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/01/mb01202601.html
There is a connection between exposure to #microscopic #plastic particles and inflammatory #intestine diseases. This is shown in a study by researchers in Austria and Sweden. In experiments on mice, plastic particles affected immune cells and intestinal #microorganisms
#Medical #MolecularBiology #Microbiology #Environmental #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/01/med01132601.html
As fossil #fuels rise in cost and green initiatives gain traction, alternative methods for producing useful compounds using #microorganisms have the potential to become sustainable, #environmentally friendly technologies.
#Biotechnology #Environmental #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2025/12/btech12152501.html
Microorganisms susceptibile to metronidazole #microorganisms #metronidazole #bacteria #infection
... Continue to: https://youtube.com/shorts/WItbWSwIL1I?si=9XenyfaAejHm9bpi
Proteins sourced from #microorganisms are attracting attention for their potential in #biomanufacturing a variety of products, including #pharmaceuticals, #industrial #enzymes, and diagnostic #antibodies.
#Biotechnology #Biochemistry #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2025/10/btech10282501.html
Climate-driven #oxygen loss in the Black Sea thousands of years ago triggered the expansion of #microorganisms capable of producing the potent #neurotoxin #methylmercury.
#Environmental #MarineBiology #Microbiology #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2025/10/env10102501.html
If you're interested in learning soil microscopy, this little guide is a fantastic place to start.
Also, check out the author's incredible artwork while you're over there!
https://www.mikroliv.no/Microscope%20guide%20-%20English.pdf
#soilhealth #smallfarming #soil #microorganisms #gardening #compost
Researchers Are Reanimating 40,000 Year old Microbes
Photo by Tristan Caro At the US Army Corps of Engineers’ research facility in central Alaska, a unique tunnel descends underground. Measuring over 350 feet deep, mammoth bones jut out from its surrounding walls. However, a team of researchers didn’t go to the remote site for ancient fossils. They were hunting for something much smaller and smellier. “The first thing you notice when you walk in there is that it smells really bad. It smells like a musty basement that’s been left […]https://onlinemarketingscoops.com/2025/10/04/reanimating-old-microbes/
Database: The Microbe Directory: a centralized database for biological interpretation of microbiome data . “The Microbe Directory (TMD) is a centralized database of metadata for microbes from all domains that helps with the biological interpretation of metagenomic data. The database comprises phenotypical and ecological traits of microorganisms, which have been verified by independent manual […]
We stick to #alpine soils (#snowbeds) and #microorganisms in our #MountainSoilBiodiversity session at the #IMC2025 with Coline La Noir de Carlan (with #AlpFor) simulating different snow melt changes.
#terraPreta #permaCulture #permaCultura #permaKultur #fediTips
Some additional notes and observations
@HorcaDobleMango
#carbonActivado tanslates in german into #AktivKohle, that's the stuff you find in high quality filters, including filters for #fishTank's, #aquarium's and filres for drinking water as they have the capabilty to filter out all kind of chemicals from air and water. That's the same effect that carbon creates by storing chemical elements in it's space and structure in the soil for #plants and #microorganisms.
Creating carbon from wood by explosively cooling it down throwing it into water, transforming it into "active carbon" resolves the arduous task of creating carbon in an anaerobic setup, an interesting point because we could come up with some kind of #rocketStove with a continious feeding process, seperating glowing carbon from the rest, letting it somehow roll into a water recipient while using the heat created to warm up our houses in the winter. As of now not solved in this idea is what to do with the water steam that is produced, or even to think about some secondery use for that steam. These "ideas/considerations" are actually the result of:
* There is no waste, only primary materials
* Every element in a system has to fulfill at least two goals
What we couldn't find out into deep till now is a the issue that apparently carbon can be #hydrophobe or #hydrophilic and which process makes it hydrophillic. We guess that this is in part an important detail as the carbon harbors not only chemical elements but also is a kind of apartment building for microorganisms and their are probably different apartments for aerobic and anaerobic microorganisms.
Perhaps in the case of your soil some hydrophobic carbon could be even the better option.
Our question about the kind of soil, in part depending of the region you are from, is due to the observations that carbon to create terra preta is very usefull for old leached soils like those of the #Amazon basin, #SouthAmerica and #Africa in particular, as well as probably for example the sandy soils of #Brandenburg and #Mecklenburg-Vorpommern or regions of Spain, while the benefits in soils like Hessen, Western Germany in general and most likely the whole of central europe aren't that extraordinary, even tho they are most likely always beneficial.
With respect to the profile @permaculture, that is a friendica forum page for the fediVerse.
"Our setup" includes the forum page server https://tupambae.org/ as well as the friendica server https://tupambae.com/ harboring also the forum page profiles @permaculture for english and french and @permakultur for german. If you subsribe to a #forumPage and mention that profile in a inicial post (toot) that post will be reshared by that profile page and send to all it's subscribers!
The dot com server is for single profiles and harbors for example a friendica profile @tierranietos@tupambae.com. That profile, besides being a standard account in the fediverse actually mirrors publicacions of this mastodon profile over here, in part examplifying the permaculture principal:
* Every element in a system as to be covered at least by two elements/aspects.
At the same time by using #friendica we have the benefits of all the extras that a fediVerse server software brings to the table for profiles and projects like:
* #imageGallery
* #calendar
* #personalNotes and #privateMessage
* #directory for to sort publications
* no character limite
* enhanced text editing tools like #bbCode and #markdown
* #postPreview
simultanios cross publications:
* by email
* to other platforms like #diaspora, #bluesky and #tumblr
In other words, a friendica server for the fediVerse is not only a perfect choice for "Fachbereichsprofile" of a #university like
@unikassel, something like https://social.uni-kassel.de, it's also extremely usefull for projects and larger articles.
Please keep us updated in particular about this very interesting project of yours, actually the best would be as answers in this very thread, so we can save your content in our setup and spread it into the #fediVerse.
👍
#Scientists discover new life aboard #GreatLakes research #vessel
By sequencing the #DNA of the #shipgoo and comparing it to global databases, Sheik and his research team specializes in studying extreme-environment #microbes and they confirmed they were dealing with some stuff we ain't never seen before. They say #microorganisms have come to thrive inside common environments built by humans "remain drastically under-sampled."
https://news.d.umn.edu/articles/ship-goo
Looking for new microscopy collaborations, organising speakers for a conference, assembling a committee? Visit and join the @focalplane_jcs network to broaden your contacts and find those who may not come to mind.
https://focalplane.biologists.com/network
#Microscopy #Microscope #Imaging #CellBiology #Cells #Cell #MicroBiology #Microorganisms
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