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M. vaginatus is a non-heterocystous cyanobacterium that contributes up to 95% of the biomass in semiarid environments and is recognized as a pioneer in arid sandy soils, creating stable, hydrated organo-mineral layers that facilitate the establishment of other species

DAY 135
SPECIES 135 - Microcoleus vaginatus
STAGE: Bacteria
MEDIUM: Chromatek paper + Watercolor. Charsoco pens

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DAY 134
SPECIES 134 - Halothece
STAGE: Bacteria
MEDIUM: Chromatek paper. QoR + DS Watercolor. Sakura pen

Halothece is a unicellular bacteria that thrives in high salt environments, it was not named after my favorite game Halo CE despite the similarities

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DAY 133
SPECIES 133 - Cyanocohniella rudolphia
STAGE: Bacteria
MEDIUM: Chromatek paper. Chromatek + HWC Watercolor. Charsoco pens

C. rudolphia is a psychrophilic cyanobacterium found in terrestrial biological soil crusts, known for its complex life cycle & variable morphology

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DAY 132
SPECIES 132 - Gloeocapsopsis magma
STAGE: Bacteria
MEDIUM: Chromatek paper. Chromatek + HWC Watercolor

G. magma gained notoriety in the Southeastern United States in the 1990s. This particular bacteria is responsible for creating black stains and streaks on roofs.

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The colonies look like tiny, yellow-green fuzzy balls or tapioca floating in water. They are composed of hair-like filaments radiating from the center and can be seen without magnification.

DAY 131
SPECIES 131 - Gloeotrichia echinulata
STAGE: Bacteria
MEDIUM: Chromatek watercolor + Paper

G. echinulata is a colonial cyanobacterium that forms small, fuzzy, spherical colonies about the size of a pinhead.

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I love how you painted it!

G. natans is a freshwater cyanobacterium that forms spherical colonies. Composed of radially arranged, hair-like filaments. These colonies are olive-green to dark blue-black and have a gelatinous texture.

DAY 130
SPECIES 130 - Gloeotrichia natans
STAGE: Bacteria
MEDIUM: Chromatek watercolor + Paper. Writech pen, Tombow colored pencil

NOTES: This species has an illustration from the 1880s. I referenced that, and more modern microscopic images. Love me some old illustrations

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Thanks! 🙏

It's discovery in 1975 generated significant scientific interest because its pigment composition resembled that of chloroplasts in plants. Although largely later refuted, it lead to discussions about chloroplast evolution and endosymbiotic theory.

P. didemni is a unicellular cyanobacteria that is photosynthetic and oxygenic. It lives symbiotically within marine invertebrates called ascidians (sea squirts).

DAY 129
SPECIES 129 - Prochloron didemni
STAGE: Bacteria
MEDIUM: Chromatek Paper. Chromatek, DS, HWC, QoR Watercolor

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O wow! That's fascinating. 😮

S. volutans is a gram-negative, bacterium from the genus of Spirillum which occurs in freshwater. It has an amphitrichous flagellar arrangement. It is one of the largest bacteria species.

DAY 128
SPECIES 128 - Spirillum Volutans
STAGE: Bacteria
MEDIUM: Chromatek Paper. Chromatek + QoR Watercolor. Writech pen

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S. starmachii is a species of cyanobacteria first described in 1988 from the High Tatra Mountains. It is known for occurring in cold, ultra-oligotrophic environments, such as high-altitude, extremely nutrient-poor water

DAY 127
SPECIES 127 - Scytonematopsis starmachii
STAGE: Bacteria
MEDIUM: Chromatek Paper. Chromatek, HWC + QoR Watercolor. Writech + Kingart pen

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That's funny, when I posted it I was thinking about saying it looked more like a turquoise necklace than the bacteria. 😆

DAY 126
SPECIES 126 - Scytonema hofmannii
STAGE: Bacteria
MEDIUM: Chromatek Paper. Chromatek, HWC + QoR Watercolor. Writech pens

S. hoffmannii is a filamentous cyanobacterium. It has firm, yellow-brown sheaths colored by the photoprotective pigment scytonemin.

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DAY 125
SPECIES 125 - Westiellopsis ramosa
STAGE: Bacteria
MEDIUM: Chromatek Paper. Chromatek, HWC + QoR Watercolor. Writech pens

W. ramosa is an intensely branched cyanobacterium isolated from a freshwater habitat of Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India.

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C. stagnale is a species of filamentous, nitrogen-fixing cyanobacteria found in aquatic and terrestrial environments, forming mats on and growing as periphyton on plants. It has distinct specialized nitrogen-fixing cells present at the ends of the filaments.

DAY 124
SPECIES 124 - Cylindrospermum stagnale
STAGE: Bacteria
MEDIUM: Chromatek Paper. Chromatek, HWC + QoR Watercolor. Writech pens

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DAY 123
SPECIES 123 - Dolichospermum crassum
STAGE: Bacteria
MEDIUM: Chromatek Paper. HWC + QoR Watercolor. Writech pen

NOTES: Not that I need to be challenged more😄, but I wanted to attempt this specimen that's partially out of focus submerged in the broth

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Oscillatoria tenuis is a species of filamentous cyanobacteria, also known as blue-green algae.

DAY 122
SPECIES 122 - Oscillatoria tenuis
STAGE: Bacteria
MEDIUM: Chromatek Paper. Chromatek+ QoR Watercolor. Writech pen

NOTES: I find myself thinking more and more about solving these puzzles of light when I paint.

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Those look so nice!

O. limosa characterized by its unbranched, filamentous trichomes that are typically dull blue-green, though they can appear violet or brown. It's a freshwater species, found in shallow, stagnant, or slow-flowing bodies of water, and can cause an earthy odor in water due to its production of geosmin.

DAY 121
SPECIES 121 - Oscillatoria limosa
STAGE: Bacteria
MEDIUM: Chromatek Paper. Chromatek, HWC + QoR Watercolor. Charsoco pen

NOTES: A bit rushed on tonight's painting but excited to be doing some more Cyanobacteria! 🙂

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