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DAY 514
SPECIES 514 - Synura americana
STAGE: Protists
MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek & QoR watercolor. Sakura pen

S. americana is a species of colonial golden algae

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November 1, 2026 at 8:17 AM
Look no further if you are interested in a high-quality, 6 chromosomes genome assembly of a Rhizaria (or rather look at this paper). We also describe Lemnamoeba sinaloensis, a new species of lobose amoeba which is very rare in Rhizaria #protistsonsky
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
November 1, 2026 at 8:20 AM
DAY 512
SPECIES 512 - Clathrulina elegans
STAGE: Protists
MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek & QoR watercolor. Sakura pen

C. elegans is a species of freshwater heliozoan.

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October 30, 2026 at 7:34 AM
Fantastic #protistsonsky
Not all nuclei are the same. We went to some of biology’s most exceptional nuclei
👉 dinoflagellates with genomes 80× ours
👉 Giardia’s twin nuclei
👉 ciliates carrying two nuclei in one cytoplasm
& asked a simple question: what sets nuclear density?
🧵 Preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
October 26, 2026 at 11:25 AM
October 29, 2026 at 7:12 AM
#protistsonsky like if your trajectory feels similar
Quantitative Biology in Fin-de-siècle Vienna

link.springer.com/article/10.1...
October 30, 2026 at 7:46 AM
October 27, 2026 at 9:00 AM
nucleophiles take note 👇
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Not all nuclei are the same. We went to some of biology’s most exceptional nuclei
👉 dinoflagellates with genomes 80× ours
👉 Giardia’s twin nuclei
👉 ciliates carrying two nuclei in one cytoplasm
& asked a simple question: what sets nuclear density?
🧵 Preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
October 27, 2026 at 9:02 AM
DAY 511
SPECIES 511 - Pterocystis foliacea
STAGE: Protists
MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek watercolor. Sakura pen

P. foliacea is a freshwater centrohelid heliozoan, a spherical cell covered in scales that look like leaves.

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October 29, 2026 at 7:29 AM
DAY 510
SPECIES 510 - Salpingoeca rosetta
STAGE: Protists
MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek watercolor. Sakura pen

S. rosetta is a microscopic choanoflagellate, a member of the group that is the closest living relative of animals.

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October 28, 2026 at 7:38 AM
DAY 509
SPECIES 509 - Breviata anathema
STAGE: Protists
MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek & QoR watercolor. Sakura & Lamy pen

B. anathema is a single celled amoeboflagellate.

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October 27, 2026 at 7:52 AM
DAY 508
SPECIES 508 - Pyrocystis fusiformis
STAGE: Protists
MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek & QoR watercolor. Sakura pen

P. fusiformis is a marine dinoflagellate that emits bright blue bioluminescence when disturbed.

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October 26, 2026 at 7:40 AM
Molecular Phylogeny and Taxonomic Revision of the Dictyostelid Social Amoebae (Dictyostelia, Eumycetozoa)
#eukaryotes #protists #amoebae #ProtistsOnSky
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com
October 27, 2026 at 7:08 AM
need recommendations for performing, benchmarking and reporting single-cell proteomics experiments? you can be helped 👇
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October 25, 2026 at 2:41 PM
Phylogeny and Morphology of Novel Labyrinthulomycetes in Nova Scotia, Canada - Latimer - 2026 - Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Phylogeny and Morphology of Novel Labyrinthulomycetes in Nova Scotia, Canada
Labyrinthulomycetes are ubiquitous marine decomposers and include the thraustochytrids, a lineage known for their extensive production of polyunsaturated fatty acids and biotechnology applications. D....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
October 27, 2026 at 8:06 PM
DAY 507
SPECIES 507 - Amphisolenia bidentata
STAGE: Protists
MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek & QoR watercolor. Sakura pen

A. bidentata is a long needle shaped marine dinoflagellate with a spined foot shaped tail

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October 25, 2026 at 7:48 AM
𝗖𝘆𝗮𝗻𝗼𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗮𝗿-𝗥𝗲𝗱 𝗟𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰𝘁

please read Sofie van Dorst's 10-part 🧵here on bluesky – or on Nov 02 in our blog: smallthingsconsidered.blog

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October 24, 2026 at 11:24 AM
New paper out! We reconstructed amino acid and lipid metabolic pathways in Rhogostoma and relatives (Cercozoa) from transcriptomes. Even very similar-looking species differ considerably, and some pathways appear incomplete, suggesting dependence on their prey.

doi.org/10.1016/j.ym... #protistsonsky
October 25, 2026 at 5:16 AM
The story of the short-lived (1868-1875), but widely believed, primordial life form of Huxlely & Haeckel - a pictorial biography -
www.openscience.fr/A-pictorial-...
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October 24, 2026 at 5:56 AM
DAY 506
SPECIES 506 - Ceratolithus cristatus
STAGE: Protists
MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek watercolor. Sakura pen

C. cristatus is a single celled marine alga that armors itself in tiny calcite plates.

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October 24, 2026 at 7:45 AM
Crochet cell surface #protistsonsky
New #ISEPpapers! Morphological, Molecular Phylogenetic, and Mitochondrial #Genome Characterization of a Deep-Branching Marine Flagellate, Katablepharis ulleungensis sp. nov. ( #Cryptista ) onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... #Genomics #Protists #Microbes
October 22, 2026 at 10:35 AM
DAY 505
SPECIES 505 - Carchesium polypinum
STAGE: Protists
MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek watercolor. Sakura & Lamy pen

C. polypinum is a bell shaped ciliate that forms colonies that branch like trees.

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October 23, 2026 at 7:46 AM
A meta-analysis of environmental sequencing data reveals the global distribution and hidden diversity of marine anaerobic ciliates
#ciliates #protists #eukaryotes #MicroSky #ProtistsOnSky
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doi.org/10.1093/isme...
A meta-analysis of environmental sequencing data reveals the global distribution and hidden diversity of marine anaerobic ciliates
Abstract. Anaerobic protists are diverse, ecologically important members of oxygen-depleted microbial communities, acting as grazers, nutrient cyclers, and
doi.org
October 26, 2026 at 7:31 AM
Pinging in #TeamTomo #cryoEM #Microscopy #TeamThyalkoid and a cheeky prokaryote invasion of #ProtistsOnSky
October 22, 2026 at 4:10 PM