Journey to the Microcosmos: How to Identify Microbes
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Oomycetes 200x, Chlorella 400x, Oscillatoria 200x, Stentor polymorphus 200x, Euglena ehrenbergii, green algae, and diatoms 200x, and Synura 400x
For your mystery algae, you should consider oomycetes as well. Some of your photos look like you have oogonia that perhaps belong to Pythium sp. Also consider that you have multiple species growing!
I'm sure there is a whole symbiotic culture of different things in there. It's likely one could by oomtcetes but to me the cell shape and size of the large organism seemed wrong. However the only fungi-like organisms I look at in a professional context have been dead for a few million years so I could be wrong.
the funny thing about pseudofungi is, as the name implies, they're *like* fungi (they even used to be considered fungi), but they're not at all related. they're actually closer to plants, which is hilarious because fungi themselves used to be considered plants until they were discovered to not only be their own kingdom but also more closely related to animals! and believe me, pseudofungi and fungi both have hyphae and reproduce using spores, as well as both being saprophytic and/or parasitic (either way osmotrophic nutrition), and it took molecular and phylogenetic studies for pseudofungi to be grouped with other stramenopiles (including some kinds of algae like brown algae). they function almost identically, but they're different on a biochemical, genetic, and ultrastructural level
Phytophthora infestans (Mont.) de Bary (Peronosporales: Pythiaceae): A REVIEW OF LIFE HISTORY, EVOLUTIONARY STATUS OF PATHOGEN, HOST RANGE, MATING TYPES, SYMPTOMOLOGY, DISEASE CYCLE, MEANS OF DISPERSAL, EXTENT OF LOSSES, AND MANAGEMENT | Journal of Global Agriculture and Ecology
Solanum tuberosum L. (Solanales: Solanaceae) is one of the world's most frequently grown food crops, producing roughly twice as many calories per hectare as rice and wheat. It is regarded as the most significant food crop, with high nutritional value. There are several diseases that impact potato crops, but late blight caused by Phytophthora infestans (Mont.) de Bary is the most common. This disease has the potential to utterly devastate a potato crop in a short period of time. As a result, it was necessary to review the various aspects of P. infestans (Mont.) de Bary, including its life history, evolutionary status, symptomology, disease cycle, means of dispersal, extent of losses, and disease management using conventional/commercial fungicides and plant extracts/non-conventional methods. Please see the link :- https://www.ikprress.org/index.php/JOGAE/article/view/937
Classification of oomycetes.
The Peronosporales are the main parasitic on plants, Many of the most damaging agricultural parasites belong to this order.
Phytophthora infestans is an oomycete (pseudofungi), a microorganism that causes the serious tomato disease known as "late blight", it's still difficult disease to control. The pathogen is favored by moist, cool environments. #Oomycetes #Agronomist #Tomato #Agriculture #Vegetables #Farmer https://www.instagram.com/p/BzI-Pttg71DYye56MBcfJtLv5XsBcfXYfWoFC00/?igshid=1t4h1x94ilq9t
Commensal microbes help plants ward off disease by aiding their immune systems
Commensal microbes help plants ward off disease by aiding their immune systems
Fungi and other filamentous microbes called oomycetes cause many devastating plant diseases and are together responsible for more than 10% of all crop loss. A groundbreaking new study now shows that even healthy plants host potentially harmful fungi and oomycetes in plant roots. That they do not succumb to illness is due to the simultaneous presence of a wide range of different co-residing…
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I do really awesome experiments at my university.
I realized I don’t share much of my education, just my passion for gaming and literature, but I think it’s time I started showering y’all in some SCIENCE.
My current research is with P. infestans and its sensitivity to certain compounds.
