#(microbe)

[revretch]

They just discovered a new kind of organism/organelle that is not a virus!

'Obelisks': Entirely New Class of Life Has Been Found in The Human Digestive System

Peering into the jungle of microbes that live within us, researchers have stumbled across what seem to be an entire new class of virus-like

[niqvassieart]

Euplotes ciliates resting and feeding. These single-celled organisms have cilia hairs which are bunched up into tufts called 'cirri' which function like little legs, allowing them to walk along the substrate.

This individual was found in a water sample from the Tama river in Tokyo, painted in gouache.

[sheishine]

New version of my lazy paramecium brooches are available at ranbu in Japan! Comes in a plastic petri dish.

If you want to purchase them, please contact the shop (they ship overseas).

大阪のranbuさんには、ゆる〜い雰囲気のゾウリムシブローチ(改良版)も置いて頂いてます！プラスティックシャーレ入り。

通販ご希望の方はお問合せください。

[punchkicktoe]

me if you even care

[fungusfactory]

my wonderful microbe

[unbfacts]

A tiny ocean microbe called Prochlorococcus produces up to 20% of the oxygen in Earth’s biosphere. It is so small you cannot see it, but it is so abundant in sunlit ocean water that, in a rough way, about one out of every five breaths links back to something almost invisible.

[lyelyre]

pureshadow microbes :p

[wafalobsta]

Frank and Clad