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ISEP<p><a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/ISEPpapers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ISEPpapers</span></a> 26: October 2024 to March 2025 <a href="https://www.isep-protists.com/post/iseppapers-26" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">isep-protists.com/post/iseppap</span><span class="invisible">ers-26</span></a></p><p>Your twenty-sixth digest of papers and preprints published by members of the International Society for Evolutionary Protistology is here!</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Protists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Protists</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Algae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Algae</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Microbes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Microbes</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Evolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Evolution</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Bacteria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bacteria</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Archaea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Archaea</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Symbiosis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Symbiosis</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Parasites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Parasites</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/TreeOfLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TreeOfLife</span></a></p>
ISEP<p>New <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/ISEPpapers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ISEPpapers</span></a>! Hijacking and integration of algal <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/plastids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>plastids</span></a> and <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/mitochondria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mitochondria</span></a> in a polar planktonic host: Ananya Kedige Rao et al. <a href="https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(25)00392-6" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cell.com/current-biology/fullt</span><span class="invisible">ext/S0960-9822(25)00392-6</span></a></p><p>"Hosts steal active plastids, mitochondria, and nuclei from the microalga <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Phaeocystis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Phaeocystis</span></a>... Stolen plastids increase in volume, and their photosynthetic activity is boosted... Stolen mitochondria transform into a network in close association with plastids"</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Microbes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Microbes</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Algae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Algae</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Protists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Protists</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Symbiosis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Symbiosis</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Organelles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Organelles</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Plankton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Plankton</span></a></p>
ISEP<p>New <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/ISEPpapers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ISEPpapers</span></a>! The nature of ‘jaws’: a new predatory representative of <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Provora" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Provora</span></a> and the ultrastructure of nibbling protists <a href="https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsob.240158" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">royalsocietypublishing.org/doi</span><span class="invisible">/10.1098/rsob.240158</span></a> </p><p>"we identified four main microtubular roots... which support the strong feeding apparatus resembling jaws... We also describe a new species, Nibbleromonas piranha sp. nov., and highlight features of its feeding behaviour, which can be so aggressive as to result in cannibalism."</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Protists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Protists</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Microbes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Microbes</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Biology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Biology</span></a></p>
Lukas VFN 🇪🇺<p>It's time to consider the Arcellinida shell as a weapon <a href="https://www.isep-protists.com/post/arcellinida-shell-weapon" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">isep-protists.com/post/arcelli</span><span class="invisible">nida-shell-weapon</span></a> </p><p>"why is there such a large morphological diversity in shell-bearing <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/amoebae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>amoebae</span></a> and what is the function of shells anyway? We knew for a long time that <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Arcellinida" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Arcellinida</span></a> are masters of the <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/cytoskeleton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cytoskeleton</span></a> as they use it to build their elaborate shells. It was unknown that they use both, the cytoskeleton and shell, in combination to function as small apex <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/predators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>predators</span></a> in their systems."</p><p><a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Protists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Protists</span></a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/ISEPpapers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ISEPpapers</span></a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Microbes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Microbes</span></a></p>
Lukas VFN 🇪🇺<p>Advanced genetic techniques and <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/microscopy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>microscopy</span></a> offer new insights into anaerobic ciliate and methanogen <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/symbiosis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>symbiosis</span></a> <a href="https://phys.org/news/2024-10-advanced-genetic-techniques-microscopy-insights.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">phys.org/news/2024-10-advanced</span><span class="invisible">-genetic-techniques-microscopy-insights.html</span></a> </p><p>Methanogenic <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/symbionts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>symbionts</span></a> of anaerobic <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/ciliates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ciliates</span></a> are host and habitat specific <a href="https://academic.oup.com/ismej/article/18/1/wrae164/7737421" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">academic.oup.com/ismej/article</span><span class="invisible">/18/1/wrae164/7737421</span></a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/ISEPpapers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ISEPpapers</span></a> by <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://ecoevo.social/@joro" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>joro</span></a></span> </p><p>"This study provides a clearer understanding of how anaerobic ciliates have evolved a mix transmission mode to both maintain and replace their symbionts over time"</p><p><a href="https://scholar.social/tags/microbes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>microbes</span></a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/protists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>protists</span></a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/bacteria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bacteria</span></a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/archaea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>archaea</span></a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/methanogenesis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>methanogenesis</span></a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/biology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biology</span></a></p>