Flatbush Gardener 🌈Jul 4, 2025

Wow.
https://scholar.social/@animalculum/114796850392714655
[email protected] - How #cyanobacteria expand #SoilCrusts in harsh desert environments https://phys.org/news/2025-06-cyanobacteria-soil-crusts-harsh-environments.html paper: https://www.cell.com/the-innovation/fulltext/S2666-6758(25)00150-X

"Upon wetting, M. vaginatus begins migrating toward the surface within minutes, moving within the tunnels. This enables cyanobacteria to secure soil particles and thrive in arid environments."

Lukas VFN 🇪🇺 (@[email protected])

Attached: 1 image How #cyanobacteria expand #SoilCrusts in harsh desert environments https://phys.org/news/2025-06-cyanobacteria-soil-crusts-harsh-environments.html paper: https://www.cell.com/the-innovation/fulltext/S2666-6758(25)00150-X "Microcoleus vaginatus constructs microscopic, tunnel-like structures within the crust. These tunnels connect M. vaginatus, located approximately 300 µm below, to the crust's surface. Upon wetting, M. vaginatus begins migrating toward the surface within minutes, moving within the tunnels. This enables cyanobacteria to secure soil particles and thrive in arid environments."

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Lukas VFN 🇪🇺Jul 4, 2025

How #cyanobacteria expand #SoilCrusts in harsh desert environments https://phys.org/news/2025-06-cyanobacteria-soil-crusts-harsh-environments.html paper: https://www.cell.com/the-innovation/fulltext/S2666-6758(25)00150-X

"Microcoleus vaginatus constructs microscopic, tunnel-like structures within the crust. These tunnels connect M. vaginatus, located approximately 300 µm below, to the crust's surface. Upon wetting, M. vaginatus begins migrating toward the surface within minutes, moving within the tunnels. This enables cyanobacteria to secure soil particles and thrive in arid environments."

Lukas VFN 🇪🇺Aug 9, 2023

#Microbe-stuffed #SoilCrusts menaced by #ClimateChange https://phys.org/news/2023-08-microbe-stuffed-soil-crusts-menaced-climate.html

BONCAT-FACS-Seq reveals the active fraction of a #biocrust community undergoing a wet-up event https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2023.1176751/full

"Using a novel method to detect #microbial activity in biological #soil crusts, or #biocrusts, after they are wetted, research team uncovered clues that will lead to a better understanding of the role #microbes play in forming a living skin over many semi-#arid ecosystems around the world."

Microbe-stuffed soil crusts menaced by climate change

Using a novel method to detect microbial activity in biological soil crusts, or biocrusts, after they are wetted, a Penn State–led research team in a new study uncovered clues that will lead to a better understanding of the role microbes play in forming a living skin over many semi-arid ecosystems around the world. The tiny organisms—and the microbiomes they create—are threatened by climate change.

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