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Warren Currie 🦠🦐

Weekend #Plankton #Factoid 🦠🦐
The study of #phytoplankton is difficult because of their small size. For this we thank Antonie van Leeuwenhoek (1632-1722), the "father of microbiology". This Dutch draper was self-taught in creating high-quality #microscope lenses to examine thread. He then viewed tooth scrapings and water, coined the term "animalcules" for #protozoa, and first described Spirogyra (👍 genus name from JHF Link) as “spirally wound serpent-wise earthy particles”. A #science was born.

image/jpeg a sketch of a man in academic style robes, a crevat, and long curled wig, sitting by a globe and holding a scientific instrument. Antoni van Leeuwenhoek. Mezzotint by J. Verkolje, 1686 CC BY 4.0
image/jpeg an old brass instrument comprised of a large backing plate, with a screw mechanism on the front which comes to a sharp point. A glass lens in the plate is barely visible near the point. Van Leeuwenhoek microscope. Museum Boerhaave, Leiden CC-BY-SA 3.0
image/jpeg a view through a microscope of an algal filaments that contains two very green spirals in a double helix, similar to the structure of DNA. The charophyte green algae Spirogyra. Public Domain.
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Michael Vera

Advanced Surface Interactions

"Definition 12 Life is any system which utilizes the results of Surface Interactions to separate itself from the Surface of a Mass Structure.

Definition 13 A Fourth Degree Surface Interaction includes the beginning of Life.

Unicellular Organisms are the result of Fourth Degree Surface Interactions and include #bacteria, #archaea, #protozoa, #algae, #fungi, and #viruses."
-The Unified Theory of Energy

A graphical represwentation of Advanced Surface Interactions as defined by The Unified Theory of Energy: "Definition 12 Life is any system which utilizes the results of Surface Interactions to separate itself from the Surface of a Mass Structure. Definition 13 A Fourth Degree Surface Interaction includes the beginning of Life. Unicellular Organisms are the result of Fourth Degree Surface Interactions and include bacteria, archaea, protozoa, algae, fungi, and viruses. They utilize nearby proteins and acids generated in the Third Degree of Surface Interactions to form cell walls, thereby separating and protecting themselves from the Surface. They also form cells that find more specialized ways to interact with Radiation and Gravitation, such as chloroplasts. Energy storage molecules are also developed in Fourth Degree Surface Interactions. Most Fourth Degree Surface Interactions are developed completely within a liquid. These organisms can develop internal Second Degree Generators to make resources more directly available, or to have control over where the resources are made. They can also become mobile, learning how to hunt for more resources than were available in a stationary position." https://www.michaelvera.org/Unified_Theory_of_Energy.html
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micrordt

Entamoeba histolytica: Unmasking the Menace of Amoebic Dysentery

#Diarrhea, #EntamoebaHistolytica, #Nausea, #Protozoa, #Vomiting #Microbiology Introduction Entamoeba histolytica, often referred to as the “silent assassin,” is a microscopic parasite responsible for one of the most…. Medical Microbiology & Recombinant DNA Technology (RDT) Labs | Read More -

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Medical Microbiology & RDT Labs · Entamoeba histolytica: Unmasking the Menace of Amoebic Dysentery#Diarrhea, #EntamoebaHistolytica, #Nausea, #Protozoa, #Vomiting #Microbiology Introduction Entamoeba histolytica, often referred to as the “silent assassin,” is a microscopic parasite r…
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Mini Mimi

"#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.

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Lukas VFN 🇪🇺

Foraminiferal Christmas cards paleonerdish.wordpress.com/202 #protists #forams #sciart by @Ferwen

"During the early decades of the 20th-century, Arthur Earland and Edward Heron-Allen were #volunteers at the #NaturalHistoryMuseum. They both studied #Foraminifera, a group of single celled #protozoa with shells of different composition and granuloreticulose #pseudopodia. Each #Christmas, Earland and Heron-Allen exchanged unusual but beautiful #ChristmasCards made with foraminifera."

Christmas greetings slide 1912, by Arthur Earland. A lot of microscopic foraminifera shells arranged in geometric patterns and spelling: "AE XMAS 1912".
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