When there's a #fungus amungus, soybeans know what to do...
Find out how #soybean plants respond to #chitin oligosaccharides and initiate immune signaling in response to fungal pathogens in this new, #OpenAccess study by Sun et al.
https://doi.org/10.1111/jipb.70042
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#PlantScience
No radioactive waste dump reported for 4 Sept. by TEPCO. 3 Sept. Fukushima rad waste reported dumped is 635m3 www.tepco.co.jp/press/report... Find all daily waste dump data here www.tepco.co.jp/press/report... Ionizing radiation destroys #Chitin. Krill, plankton, shrimp, crab, coral, bees, ladybugs+
17 Aug.: #TEPCO Radiation Dump report www.tepco.co.jp/press/report... 909m3 + 456m3 #PacificOcean #hbitat #Chitin #ecosystem #health #humanrights #fisheries#security #UNCLOS #law
This is the strongest known biomaterial! Its foundation is ordinary chitin, combined with iron oxide nanocrystals. Researchers recently recreated limpet teeth artificially and are scaling up production. Potential applications: bulletproof vests, durable plastic alternatives! #Biomaterials #Innovation #Chitin #Nanocrystals #FutureTech #Engineering
Recreate limpet teeth artificially: https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/10/25/1081578/limpet-teeth-natures-strongest-material-lab-biotechnology/
More than a billion tons of #chitin are produced on Earth each year. This study shows that the soil #bacterium #Streptomyces venezuelae thrives on chitin from #insect #exoskeletons, using a potent mix of chitinases and a dedicated chitobiose importer @PLOSBiology https://plos.io/45sg4S5
1 August TEPCO #Fukushima Radiation Dump report 711m3 & 1,202m3 www.tepco.co.jp/press/report... Radiation destroys #Chitin #PacificOcean habitat #health #wildlife #marine #whales #krill #plankton biology #science
What is the role of extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) in carbon exchange among microbial species? This study shows that #EPS, formed via #chitin degradation, drives #MicrobialDiversity by acting as a sequentially degraded #CarbonSource @PLOSBiology https://plos.io/3J9kbuu
23 July TEPCO: Radiation Dump report 782m3 & 320m3 www.tepco.co.jp/press/report... #Fukushima #genpatsu #PacificOcean Ionizing radiation destroys #Chitin (krill plankton shrimp crab +)
#MarineFungi Could Eat #PlasticPollution, Helping to Clean Our #Oceans and #Beaches
Learn more about the marine #fungi that could be conditioned to help clean up #Hawaii’s beaches.
By Monica Cull
Feb 14, 2025 4:00 PMFeb 14, 2025 4:01 PM
"Hawaii is home to some of the world’s most beautiful landscapes. Striking blue waters, lush jungles, and pristine beaches make it a paradise. It’s also home to other unique inhabitants, such as sea turtles, dolphins, and… plastics?
"According to a new study from the University of Hawai‘i (UH) at Mānoa, plastics are becoming the most prevalent form of pollution in the ocean, which can be detrimental to marine species and their habitat. However, researchers from UH discovered a fungus from Hawai‘i’s nearshore environment that may have the ability to break down plastics, and to top it off, they may be conditioned to do it faster. The findings were recently published in Mycologia.
" 'Plastic in the environment today is extremely long-lived and is nearly impossible to degrade using existing technologies,' said Ronja Steinbach, lead author of the study and a marine biology undergraduate student at the UH Mānoa College of Natural Sciences, in a press release.
"Marine fungi may be a term you’ve never heard before. This is likely due to the fact that less than 1 percent of marine fungi are known to science.
" 'Our research highlights marine fungi as a promising and largely untapped group to investigate for new ways to recycle and remove plastic from #nature. Very few people study fungi in the ocean, and we estimated that fewer than one percent of marine fungi are currently described,' said Steinbach in the press release.
"For this study, the research team looked at marine fungi found in #corals, #seaweed, #sand, and #sponges from Hawai’i’s nearshore. And they hope that the fungi could help degrade plastics in the marine environment.
" 'Fungi possess a superpower for eating things that other organisms can’t digest (like #wood or #chitin), so we tested the fungi in our collection for their ability to digest plastic,' said Anthony Amend, Pacific Biosciences Research Center professor and co-lead author of the study, in a press release.
The Hungry Fungi
"The team exposed the fastest-growing fungi to small dishes filled with #polyurethane, a common plastic, and noted if and how fast the fungi would consume it. The team also 'experimentally evolved' the fungi to see if they would grow and consume more polyurethane the more they were exposed to the plastic.
" 'We were shocked to find that more than 60 percent of the fungi we collected from the ocean had some ability to eat plastic and transform it into fungi,' Steinbach said in a press release. 'We were also impressed to see how quickly fungi were able to adapt. It was very exciting to see that in just three months, a relatively short amount of time, some of the fungi were able to increase their feeding rates by as much as 15 percent.'
"The research team is currently working to see if these marine fungi can break down other forms of plastics, such as #polyethylene and #PolyethyleneTerephthalate. They’re also trying to understand how, at a molecular level, these fungi can degrade these plastics.
" 'We hope to collaborate with #engineers, #chemists, and #oceanographers who can leverage these findings into actual solutions to clean up our beaches and oceans,' said Steinbach in a press release.
#SolarPunkSunday #PlasticPollution #Pollution #PollutionSolutions
23 May #TEPCO No Radiation Dump report today www.tepco.co.jp/press/report... Find all Pacific Ocean rad waste dumping reports here www.tepco.co.jp/press/report...
Ionizing radiation destroys #Chitin
Coral
Krill
Plankton
Shrimp
Crab
Bees
Ladybugs
Crickets
Dragonflies
Beetles +
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tepco.co.jp/press/report/2...
18 May #TEPCO Radiation Dump report 1,004 m3 www.tepco.co.jp/press/report... #Fukushima #genpatsu #PacificOcean #habitat #seafood #foodchain Ionizing radiation destroys #Chitin. All the days rad dumps data is here: www.tepco.co.jp/press/report...
https://www.chitin2025.org
9th #Iberoamerican #symposium on #chitin and #chitosan and 16th International #conference on chitin and chitosan, #biopolymers /#polymers of rocketing importance in the #sustainable #bioeconomy to be held in #hermosillo Mexico in October 2025. The event will span a broad range of topics, such as: #biomaterials, #analytical #characterisation #nanomaterials #glycoscience #enzymology #biomedicine #food #biotechnology #agriculture.
Early bird date: 13th July 2025.
16 April #TEPCO Radiation Dump report 1,006m3 & 356m3 www.tepco.co.jp/press/report... #Fukushima #genpatsu #PacificOcean #Chitin 💀
SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .Mar 28th, 2025
#Prototaxites #Devonian #Rhynie #chitin #cellulose #delignifying #lye #diethylenetriamine #ACC #hyperglycemic #hippocampus #anhedonia #ANNs #fMRI #autoencoder #RSA #dairy #high-value #reuse #upcycle
21 March: #TEPCO Radiation Dump report 1,195m3 * 456m3 www.tepco.co.jp/press/report... #Fukushima #genpatsu #PacificOcean #fisheries #habitat #UNCLOS #maritime #law Ionising radiation destroys #Chitin.
Uh, guys, I'm totally ok with the progress in the #food industry and alternative #protein source (crickets are tasty). But I also has been keeping insect-eating animals on a scale (for scientific/rehabilitation reasons) and has been breeding #Tenebrio molitor for several years at home (2-3 40L trays). Half of my colleagues doing the same and I personally have got an allergy for T. molitor. Probably there is something special about #mealworms being #allergenic, as I haven't had any problems breeding locusts and cockroaches before. Human immune system is generally tailored to raise alarm on chitin detection (as it's not naturally produced by our body and finding it there means fungal infection or endo/ecto parasites infestation) and powderized #chitin in the air is a perfect way to get an #allergy. Ofc. it's not that severe with the food, as we can eat mushrooms and prawns (and crickets if you like it) without any problems.
But thanks #Eurocommision now I'm joining the row of the people carefully reading the package in search of the "Produced on the grounds where also XXX is used". And hope workers will also get their appropriate PPE and insurance.
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2025/89/oj/eng
#TenebrioMolitor
from Pia （@cecallihelper.bsky.social）
【 20 Dec.: #TEPCO Radiation Dump report www.tepco.co.jp/press/report... #Fukushima #genpatsu #PacificOcean #fisheries #habitat #Chitin #plankton #krill #shrimp #crab #coral #marine #UNCLOS #law 】
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Chinesische Forschende haben einen #BiopolymerSchaum entwickelt, der #Mikroplastik aus #Gewässern mit einer Erfolgsrate von bis zu 99,9 % entfernt.
Der Schaum besteht aus #Baumwollzellulose und #Chitin und zieht #Kunststoffpartikel effektiv an.
Noch ist unklar, wie der Schaum nach der Aufnahme recycelt werden kann. Dieses Verfahren könnte ein wichtiger Schritt im Kampf gegen #Mikroplastik sein. 🌊♻️
The #insecticide protein Vip3Aa is used in genetically engineered crops, but this study shows that a TE insertion into a gut-specific #chitin synthase gene causes Vip3Aa #resistance in the damaging pest Spodoptera #FallArmyworm in the wild #PLOSBiology https://plos.io/4cMeBI9
#Fukushima #TEPCO
#汚染水の海洋放出に反対します
#汚染水を海に流すな
#日本政府は汚染水放出を中止せよ
#StopFukushimaWaterReleaseNow
#FukushimaWaterRelease
from Pia: The Ghost of Dr Carl Jensen （@Cecalli_Helper X/Twitter）
【 18 May: TEPCO Radiation Dump report 378m3 + 17 May 6th Dumping Began at 11:37am May 18th approximately 234m3 #Fukushima #genpatsu #PacificOcean #fisheries #habitat Radiation destroys #Chitin @ITLOS_TIDM 】
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