Also, although many current eukaryotes need a high ATP production rate to maintain their expanded genomes, FECA/LECA likely not yet needed that, as it's genome may still have been relatively small, like current Archaea and many current protists or fungi. Just my 2 cts
November 10, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Also, although many current eukaryotes need a high ATP production rate to maintain their expanded genomes, FECA/LECA likely not yet needed that, as it's genome may still have been relatively small, like current Archaea and many current protists or fungi. Just my 2 cts
As with other freshwater protists, Stentor has a contractile vacuole (CV) that accumulates water and then ejects it by transiently fusing with the plasma membrane. These vesicles made us think of CVs that couldn't fuse.
November 10, 2025 at 5:47 PM
As with other freshwater protists, Stentor has a contractile vacuole (CV) that accumulates water and then ejects it by transiently fusing with the plasma membrane. These vesicles made us think of CVs that couldn't fuse.
.@rociomozo.bsky.social is officially a PhD student in our lab! Her thesis project will explore the evolutionary history of Suessiales and the origin of symbiosis in the group🦠 Welcome!!🥳 #protists #corals #symbiosis #protistsonsky
November 10, 2025 at 2:09 PM
.@rociomozo.bsky.social is officially a PhD student in our lab! Her thesis project will explore the evolutionary history of Suessiales and the origin of symbiosis in the group🦠 Welcome!!🥳 #protists #corals #symbiosis #protistsonsky
Half of microbial eukaryote literature focuses on only twelve human parasites
#microbiology #protists #eukaryotes
@isme-microbes.bsky.social
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#microbiology #protists #eukaryotes
@isme-microbes.bsky.social
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Half of microbial eukaryote literature focuses on only 12 human parasites
Abstract. Although microbial eukaryotes comprise the majority of eukaryotic phylogenetic diversity and inhabit nearly all ecosystems globally, most researc
academic.oup.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Half of microbial eukaryote literature focuses on only twelve human parasites
#microbiology #protists #eukaryotes
@isme-microbes.bsky.social
academic.oup.com/ismej/articl...
#microbiology #protists #eukaryotes
@isme-microbes.bsky.social
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A Novel Protistan Trait Database Reveals Functional Redundancy and Complementarity in Terrestrial Protists(Amoebozoa and Rhizaria)
#protists #eukaryotes #amoeba
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#protists #eukaryotes #amoeba
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
November 9, 2025 at 9:57 AM
A Novel Protistan Trait Database Reveals Functional Redundancy and Complementarity in Terrestrial Protists(Amoebozoa and Rhizaria)
#protists #eukaryotes #amoeba
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#protists #eukaryotes #amoeba
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
🥶Our GW4+ PhD project exploring polar protist diversity is accepting applications!🥶
With @tweethinking.bsky.social (@uniofbath.bsky.social) and Melody Clark (@bas.ac.uk), you will uncover the ecological roles, evolutionary histories, and environmental adaptions of polar protists!
Interested? 👀
With @tweethinking.bsky.social (@uniofbath.bsky.social) and Melody Clark (@bas.ac.uk), you will uncover the ecological roles, evolutionary histories, and environmental adaptions of polar protists!
Interested? 👀
GW4+ DLTP PhD Project: Ecological and Evolutionary Insights from Polar Protists at University of Bath on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - GW4+ DLTP PhD Project: Ecological and Evolutionary Insights from Polar Protists at University of Bath, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:37 PM
🥶Our GW4+ PhD project exploring polar protist diversity is accepting applications!🥶
With @tweethinking.bsky.social (@uniofbath.bsky.social) and Melody Clark (@bas.ac.uk), you will uncover the ecological roles, evolutionary histories, and environmental adaptions of polar protists!
Interested? 👀
With @tweethinking.bsky.social (@uniofbath.bsky.social) and Melody Clark (@bas.ac.uk), you will uncover the ecological roles, evolutionary histories, and environmental adaptions of polar protists!
Interested? 👀
"Protista" is obsolete: it was a temporary solution to a lack of data. Different members of protista are more closely related to plants or animals or fungi than to other protists. The direct comparison of genetic data has placed nearly all protists in other groups with a high degree of certainty:
November 7, 2025 at 2:49 PM
"Protista" is obsolete: it was a temporary solution to a lack of data. Different members of protista are more closely related to plants or animals or fungi than to other protists. The direct comparison of genetic data has placed nearly all protists in other groups with a high degree of certainty:
Upcoming seminar : Department of Parasites and Insect Vectors Seminar : Julius Lukeš What does the cornucopia of genetic codes in protists tell us? at Institut Pasteur, Thursday 27 November 2025 at 12:00. More info
November 6, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Upcoming seminar : Department of Parasites and Insect Vectors Seminar : Julius Lukeš What does the cornucopia of genetic codes in protists tell us? at Institut Pasteur, Thursday 27 November 2025 at 12:00. More info
Are you curious about the whether soil microbial distribution is predictable?🤔
The key takeaway:
Bacteria 🦠→ predictable! 😊
Fungi & Protists 🍄💧 → harder to predict 😭
#SoilEcology #Microbiome #CommunityAssembly #SoilScience #Microbes
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The key takeaway:
Bacteria 🦠→ predictable! 😊
Fungi & Protists 🍄💧 → harder to predict 😭
#SoilEcology #Microbiome #CommunityAssembly #SoilScience #Microbes
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Soil bacterial, fungal, and protistan assembly processes across a 1300 km climate and land-use transect
Soil microbial diversity is crucial to ecosystem functioning, yet it is increasingly threatened by the climate change and intensified land use. While …
www.sciencedirect.com
November 4, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Are you curious about the whether soil microbial distribution is predictable?🤔
The key takeaway:
Bacteria 🦠→ predictable! 😊
Fungi & Protists 🍄💧 → harder to predict 😭
#SoilEcology #Microbiome #CommunityAssembly #SoilScience #Microbes
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The key takeaway:
Bacteria 🦠→ predictable! 😊
Fungi & Protists 🍄💧 → harder to predict 😭
#SoilEcology #Microbiome #CommunityAssembly #SoilScience #Microbes
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Some toilet etiquette 😱
"There is a plume effect of when you flush … many droplets going all around you and the premises."
"His research involving 26 mobile phones found 11,163 organisms (5,714 bacteria, 675 fungi, 93 protists, 228 viruses, 4,453 bacteriophages) on their surfaces."
"There is a plume effect of when you flush … many droplets going all around you and the premises."
"His research involving 26 mobile phones found 11,163 organisms (5,714 bacteria, 675 fungi, 93 protists, 228 viruses, 4,453 bacteriophages) on their surfaces."
Worried about germs in public toilets? The seat isn't the worst part
Public toilets are a "microbial soup" and there are things you should be doing to protect yourself — including not taking out your mobile phone and never hovering over the seat.
www.abc.net.au
November 4, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Some toilet etiquette 😱
"There is a plume effect of when you flush … many droplets going all around you and the premises."
"His research involving 26 mobile phones found 11,163 organisms (5,714 bacteria, 675 fungi, 93 protists, 228 viruses, 4,453 bacteriophages) on their surfaces."
"There is a plume effect of when you flush … many droplets going all around you and the premises."
"His research involving 26 mobile phones found 11,163 organisms (5,714 bacteria, 675 fungi, 93 protists, 228 viruses, 4,453 bacteriophages) on their surfaces."
God's pantheon is a complex taxonomy of protists. Subsequently there is a complex taxonomy of religions all trying to decipher what is God's favourite fungus. Currently The Basket of The Foisty Bread is most popular and rising in membership and influence. Especially in the city of Prestigo. 5/n
November 2, 2025 at 12:50 PM
God's pantheon is a complex taxonomy of protists. Subsequently there is a complex taxonomy of religions all trying to decipher what is God's favourite fungus. Currently The Basket of The Foisty Bread is most popular and rising in membership and influence. Especially in the city of Prestigo. 5/n
Regular humans in this world have early 1700- late 1800's level tech. Myceliborgs are exceptionally rare and are interpreted as literal angels from God. The protists are called "little angels" for this reason. Any tech more advanced than basic human is considered to be magical and a holy relic. 4/n
November 2, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Regular humans in this world have early 1700- late 1800's level tech. Myceliborgs are exceptionally rare and are interpreted as literal angels from God. The protists are called "little angels" for this reason. Any tech more advanced than basic human is considered to be magical and a holy relic. 4/n
The two parties can communicate and share information. But both have private mental space and maintain some psychic separation. The relationship is often like the human is the captain, and the protists are the crew. The protists can operate the body if the human is incapacitated. 2/n
November 2, 2025 at 12:50 PM
The two parties can communicate and share information. But both have private mental space and maintain some psychic separation. The relationship is often like the human is the captain, and the protists are the crew. The protists can operate the body if the human is incapacitated. 2/n
Invisible engines of life: plankton! ✨ Millions of species, including amazing protists, hidden until now… unlocking ocean secrets! 🌊 #PlanktonLife
Source: https://phys.org/news/2025-10-expansion-microscopy-planktonic-universe.html
Source: https://phys.org/news/2025-10-expansion-microscopy-planktonic-universe.html
Expansion microscopy helps chart the planktonic universe
Plankton are the invisible engines of life on Earth, producing much of the planet's oxygen and forming the foundation of the oceanic food chain. They are also incredibly diverse, with tens of thousands of species described so far, and many more waiting to be discovered. Among them, protists, tiny, single-celled organisms, stand out for their extraordinary diversity and evolutionary significance, yet for decades, scientists could study them only through genomic data, as reliable imaging methods were lacking.
phys.org
November 2, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Invisible engines of life: plankton! ✨ Millions of species, including amazing protists, hidden until now… unlocking ocean secrets! 🌊 #PlanktonLife
Source: https://phys.org/news/2025-10-expansion-microscopy-planktonic-universe.html
Source: https://phys.org/news/2025-10-expansion-microscopy-planktonic-universe.html
Diapercritters are complex life! Like lichens! Made of mushroom padding and plastic-like polymer chains from Algae which are protists! Perhaps even captured micro animal hydrozoans for the sap.
November 2, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Diapercritters are complex life! Like lichens! Made of mushroom padding and plastic-like polymer chains from Algae which are protists! Perhaps even captured micro animal hydrozoans for the sap.
Hello! Slime molds do not decompose: they eat microbes. They are nontoxic to plants & probably form mutualist symbiosis with them. While exceptionally large slime molds can theoretically prevent photosynthesis, this is unlikely to cause serious damage as they rarely last more than 48 hours.
November 1, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Hello! Slime molds do not decompose: they eat microbes. They are nontoxic to plants & probably form mutualist symbiosis with them. While exceptionally large slime molds can theoretically prevent photosynthesis, this is unlikely to cause serious damage as they rarely last more than 48 hours.
Stunning imaging, gorgeous creatures. The amazing world of #protists
What a gem from @dudinlab.bsky.social @gautamdey.bsky.social @centriolelab.bsky.social in Cell! Expansion microscopy atlas of >200 eukaryotes comparing cytoskeletal architectures revealing structures not seen before. Stunning visualisation! Exactly the kind of transformative cell biology we need.
November 1, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Stunning imaging, gorgeous creatures. The amazing world of #protists
Study fungi, algae, protists or parasites? Check out the “Eukaryotic Microbes in Health and the Environment” symposium at #Microbio26.
Abstract submissions close on 11 November: microb.io/AC26Abstracts
@BSPparasitology @ProtistologyUK @BritSocMedMyc @BritMycolSoc @bps_algae
Abstract submissions close on 11 November: microb.io/AC26Abstracts
@BSPparasitology @ProtistologyUK @BritSocMedMyc @BritMycolSoc @bps_algae
November 1, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Study fungi, algae, protists or parasites? Check out the “Eukaryotic Microbes in Health and the Environment” symposium at #Microbio26.
Abstract submissions close on 11 November: microb.io/AC26Abstracts
@BSPparasitology @ProtistologyUK @BritSocMedMyc @BritMycolSoc @bps_algae
Abstract submissions close on 11 November: microb.io/AC26Abstracts
@BSPparasitology @ProtistologyUK @BritSocMedMyc @BritMycolSoc @bps_algae
*NEW PAPER*
How much of a threat are within-organism conflicts, really?
In Biology & Philosophy, @martijnschenkel.bsky.social, Manus Patten, and I present a mathematical framework to measure evolutionary individuality in the face of internal conflicts. link.springer.com/article/10.1...
How much of a threat are within-organism conflicts, really?
In Biology & Philosophy, @martijnschenkel.bsky.social, Manus Patten, and I present a mathematical framework to measure evolutionary individuality in the face of internal conflicts. link.springer.com/article/10.1...
October 31, 2025 at 1:24 PM
*NEW PAPER*
How much of a threat are within-organism conflicts, really?
In Biology & Philosophy, @martijnschenkel.bsky.social, Manus Patten, and I present a mathematical framework to measure evolutionary individuality in the face of internal conflicts. link.springer.com/article/10.1...
How much of a threat are within-organism conflicts, really?
In Biology & Philosophy, @martijnschenkel.bsky.social, Manus Patten, and I present a mathematical framework to measure evolutionary individuality in the face of internal conflicts. link.springer.com/article/10.1...
✨Thomas Beavis, a PhD student in the Vincent group
@floravincent.bsky.social @embl.org , was our speaker at this week's DB seminar. He discussed his research on how diatom-ciliate symbiosis affects cell fate and function #symbiosis #marinebiology #protists
@floravincent.bsky.social @embl.org , was our speaker at this week's DB seminar. He discussed his research on how diatom-ciliate symbiosis affects cell fate and function #symbiosis #marinebiology #protists
October 31, 2025 at 10:59 AM
✨Thomas Beavis, a PhD student in the Vincent group
@floravincent.bsky.social @embl.org , was our speaker at this week's DB seminar. He discussed his research on how diatom-ciliate symbiosis affects cell fate and function #symbiosis #marinebiology #protists
@floravincent.bsky.social @embl.org , was our speaker at this week's DB seminar. He discussed his research on how diatom-ciliate symbiosis affects cell fate and function #symbiosis #marinebiology #protists
#GnomonTV
"Euglena Junction"
Reality TV series about Euglena, a genus of single-celled flagellate protists. Various species of Euglena play the roles of Kate Bradley, her three daughters, and her uncle.
youtube.com/watch?v=ezsD...
youtube.com/watch?v=OmoL...
gnomonchronicles.com/wiki/Euglena...
"Euglena Junction"
Reality TV series about Euglena, a genus of single-celled flagellate protists. Various species of Euglena play the roles of Kate Bradley, her three daughters, and her uncle.
youtube.com/watch?v=ezsD...
youtube.com/watch?v=OmoL...
gnomonchronicles.com/wiki/Euglena...
October 31, 2025 at 2:09 AM
#GnomonTV
"Euglena Junction"
Reality TV series about Euglena, a genus of single-celled flagellate protists. Various species of Euglena play the roles of Kate Bradley, her three daughters, and her uncle.
youtube.com/watch?v=ezsD...
youtube.com/watch?v=OmoL...
gnomonchronicles.com/wiki/Euglena...
"Euglena Junction"
Reality TV series about Euglena, a genus of single-celled flagellate protists. Various species of Euglena play the roles of Kate Bradley, her three daughters, and her uncle.
youtube.com/watch?v=ezsD...
youtube.com/watch?v=OmoL...
gnomonchronicles.com/wiki/Euglena...
Scientists have compiled a detailed database on Amoebozoa, a big group of protists, revealing how their features, like habitat and prey preferences, impact ecosystems. Amoebozoa aren't picky eaters, unlike the closely related Cercozoa, and this affects where they thrive and their roles, especiall...
A Novel Protistan Trait Database Reveals Functional Redundancy and Complementarity in Terrestrial Protists (Amoebozoa and Rhizaria).
Published in Molecular ecology resources
doi.org
October 30, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Scientists have compiled a detailed database on Amoebozoa, a big group of protists, revealing how their features, like habitat and prey preferences, impact ecosystems. Amoebozoa aren't picky eaters, unlike the closely related Cercozoa, and this affects where they thrive and their roles, especiall...
Are you saying this in your capacity as a professor, Dr. Belkessa, or as a researcher of protists?
— a dirty Jew
— a dirty Jew
October 30, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Are you saying this in your capacity as a professor, Dr. Belkessa, or as a researcher of protists?
— a dirty Jew
— a dirty Jew
Greenhouse farming reduces rare soil protists by ~40%, harming soil multifunctionality by ~18%. Even tiny creatures matter for thriving soils! 🧫🧬🌍
Yuanyuan Yan @jpreixach.bsky.social @csic.es @creaf.cat @iec.cat
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
Yuanyuan Yan @jpreixach.bsky.social @csic.es @creaf.cat @iec.cat
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
October 29, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Greenhouse farming reduces rare soil protists by ~40%, harming soil multifunctionality by ~18%. Even tiny creatures matter for thriving soils! 🧫🧬🌍
Yuanyuan Yan @jpreixach.bsky.social @csic.es @creaf.cat @iec.cat
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
Yuanyuan Yan @jpreixach.bsky.social @csic.es @creaf.cat @iec.cat
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
Why so many? Because H. sapiens is a successful species, which makes us a fat target for pests and pathogens. Evolution has ensured that a ton of bacteria, viruses, and protists have jumped from their original target species to us. The diseases are the price of success.
October 28, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Why so many? Because H. sapiens is a successful species, which makes us a fat target for pests and pathogens. Evolution has ensured that a ton of bacteria, viruses, and protists have jumped from their original target species to us. The diseases are the price of success.