Phenotypically complex living materials containing engineered , that could clean up polluted : study 👇️🤔️🧫️

nature.com/articles/s41467-023

#cyanobacteria #water

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Warren Currie 🦠🦐 · @DrPlanktonguy
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And again, a reminder. 🚨 📢
Never (ever) allow your dogs (much less people) into waters which are bright green, undergoing a bloom. in particular are extremely susceptible to , which can lead to death from liver failure among other things in just hours of exposure. There are *no effective treatments.
Photo again from Cheryl Podemski, DFO.
cdc.gov/habs/specific-groups/v

#dogs #cyanobacteria #poisoning #bluegreenalgae

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Warren Currie 🦠🦐 · @DrPlanktonguy
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This is an image of Lake Winnipeg from this past weekend. I suppose it says something about our complacency around continued that there is nothing in the coverage.
Photo from Cheryl Podemski, DFO.

#cyanobacteria #blooms #news #climatechange #harmfulalgalblooms #manitoba #canada

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Warren Currie 🦠🦐 · @DrPlanktonguy
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This CBC article notes the trade-off associated with and with fish habitat use and productivity. Our collaborative 2019 project in targeted this exact factor. Many players with Fisheries and Oceans Canada (), Ohio State U and EPA among many others. Required the CCGS Limnos, EPA Lake Explorer II and DFO RV Cisco. A bunch of papers will be out this year for this project!
cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/lak

#eutrophication #algalblooms #LakeErie #dfo #cyanobacteria #HABS #fisheries #greatlakes #microcystin

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Dr. Sarah Whorley🦠💧 · @dralgaegirl
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Oh boy, it's for my mini-blog here! Since it's still summer, not much on the teaching front. I'll be teaching a bunch of high schoolers about on Thursday. And I need to reach out to my friendly charter fishing captain soon to schedule some boat trips for fall class. But otherwise, enjoying my last few weeks of not thinking about course prep!

#teachingtuesday #cyanobacteria #limnology

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Contamination of lake in . flourishes in presence of nutrients and warmer temperatures and makes it toxic for human and animal. Picture of the year 2022 by Daniel Nuñes, @BaselStadt
instagram.com/museenbasel?igsh Want to know more?

#amatitlan #guatemala #cyanobacteria

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TOXIC SLIME

I saw this article about “toxic slime” (or rather, a type of cyanobacteria) that feeds on the phosphorus from agricultural runoff. The cyanobacteria is dangerous to touch or ingest, and even the fumes can cause lunch and organ damage.

Article here:
nytimes.com/interactive/2023/0

So…I painted this to help tell the story. (And as a 🙏🏻 for more regenerative agricultural practices.)

#nyt #cyanobacteria #MastoArt #algae #agriculture #farming #acrylic #artist #TraditionalArt

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Bacterial communication occurs via proteins and packets of molecules, which can only be termed "talking" in the loosest of senses, but does involve the exchange of critical information.

Michigan State scientists have modified cyanobacteria to be able to communicate with modified E. coli and create a connected network of inducible behaviors for coordinated community activity.

pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acssy

#Science #bacteria #cyanobacteria #Ecoli #microbiology #biology #biochemistry #scicomm

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While we understand how photosynthesis works, ostensibly, not all the biological structural components have been explained.

For cyanobacteria, it is the carboxysomes, critical to CO2 processing, that have defied the attempts of most to analyze.

Now, King's College London researchers have used cryo electron microscopy to create a working atomic model of them.

cell.com/structure/fulltext/S0

#microscopy #prokaryotes #cyanobacteria #photosynthesis #carboxysomes #co2 #biology #Science #scicomm

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🌿🔎 Did you know about the Pixie Cup Lichen, also known as Cladonia asahinae? 🍄🧚‍♀️

This unique lichen species can be found in many areas around the world, growing on soil or rocks in forests, tundras, and other natural habitats! 🔬🌎

👀🌿 Next time you're out in nature, keep an eye out for these little cups of wonder! 🌲🌱

#nature #moss #Mosstodon #algae #bacteria #fungi #cyanobacteria #trees #botany #ecology #biodiversity #biology #photo #photooftheday #LichenSubscribe #ecosystem

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