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awesome study! interesting on so many levels. and a neat experimental system 👏👏👏 great videos too 👍

𝘥𝘢𝘮 methylase ok, but has SeqA any influence? (sorry for not reading the paper first)

its chat... 😉

#FungiFriends 🍄🫧

Napoleon’s Retreat Noteworthy — Ancient DNA reveals the likely cause behind the devastating downfall of Napoleon's army as it retreated from Russia in 1812.

Napoleon’s Retreat

Noteworthy — Ancient DNA reveals the likely cause behind the devastating downfall of Napoleon's army as it retreated from Russia in 1812.

yes, super cool to actually see it. and the time-lapse is much more convincing than any stills. but be careful with calling it "environmental DNA", it's the chrDNA from lysed-by-killing nearby cells, not *any* DNA that floats around.

good news, will. congrats 👏

👇 #SymbioSky

Shin­ing a light on Vib­rio DNA up­take by Rachel Diner — Vibrio cholerae is "kind of a big deal" in the bacterial world and a popular topic here on STC. Beyond being the causative agent for the disease cholera, it's a model bacterium f…

published in 2018 and meanwhile seven years old(!), but still a highlight: wiggling 𝘝𝘪𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘰 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘦 competence pilus catching DNA for uptake/transformation. found during the repair of our archive. written by @racheldiner.bsky.social . #MicroSky

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#RNASky

it could hardly be stated more clearly. it must be stated.

Cellular structure self-organizes through an interplay between internal mechanisms and external cues. The single-celled suctorian P. collini builds a trap structure to capture large prey using microtubule feeding tentacles, creating feedback between cell morphology and prey availability.

Very happy to see this out there ! Amazing work by @zjmaggiexu.bsky.social @amyweeks.bsky.social & @cellraiser.bsky.social!

All #ProtistsOnSky are amazing, but when I bumbed into @zjmaggiexu.bsky.social & her poster 2y ago at a #GRC conference, I got the urge to attempt #ExpnasionMicroscopy!
n/1

👇one for you, vincent @microbetv.bsky.social
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my only immediate reaction at the moment is sarcasm, yes. I am observing (from afar) the whole kashoggi affair with increasing nausea...

"I was lookin' back to see if you were lookin back at me to see me lookin back at you"
—massive attack, safe from harm

bravo, angie. bravo, vincent 👏

أنت تقول ذلك، كل شيء طبيعي تمامًا

should it not be EC⚡DC ? 😜

seigle cultivé from: https://x.com/Ererepublicaine

...when your grain stalk (𝘚𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘦 𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘦) is simply too damn long to print out its image or display it on a screen.

Hey fla­gel­lum, shift into re­verse gear! by Christoph — In a classical manual gearbox, a gearwheel is inserted between the countershaft and the drive shaft. This reverses the direction of rotation of the drive shaft. Flagella have found …

yes, rotor, stator , rod and all that. except there is no equivalent in our (human) mechanical world for the ingenious way to shift gears
smallthingsconsidered.blog/schaechter/2...

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YouTube video by Cell Press Tit-for-Tat: Type VI Secretion System Counterattack during Bacterial Cell-Cell Interactions

fascinating! we tend to recognize some scenes from the 'tit for tat' story www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQIU...

beware of overlords of any kind. always

"hybrid colonies" = segregation sectors ?