@peregrine57 thank you!

If I remember correctly, the Jinal symbiont on #discovery’s season 5 was already considered exceptionally rare at 800 years old (and it was almost dying).

There’s no way a 1070 years old #symbiont is strolling around like a 400 years old youngling.

Or is it?

#StarTrek #StarfleetAcademy #Dax #Trill

#Deadwood consists of #ephemeral #biochoria, #temporary #habitats, with #decomposition by numerous specific #organisms, e.g. bacteria, #arthropods and most important diverse #fungi, some of which are shown below on a deadwood branch in #Berlin..#Fungus #Cremastra appendiculata seems being involved. L. Wang et al. (2024) studied this fungus as #symbiont supporting seeds of orchid #Cremastra #appendiculata to #germinate.

©#StefanFWirth 2025

Ref
https://doi.org/10.22541/au.173027710.00082437/v1

#Photos
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Hansen‬ et al. study the evolution of bacterial symbionts of Pariaconus psyllids in Hawaii, demonstrating that island biogeography and host plant ecology shape symbiont losses and codiversification patterns.

🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaf153

#genome #evolution #symbiont

Mali Obomsawin & Jake Blount // #MaliObomsawin #JakeBlount //

My Way​ʼ​s Cloudy
[album symbiont, out September 27, 2024]

//via // #SmithsonianFolkwaysRecordings #SFR //

#buzzingroom #music #bandcamp #MaliObomsawin #JakeBlount #Symbiont #MyWaysCloudy #JoeRainey

link bandcamp: https://jakeblountmusic.bandcamp.com/track/my-way-s-cloudy

My Wayʼs Cloudy, by Jake Blount, Mali Obomsawin

from the album symbiont

Jake Blount

Some endosymbionts distort host sex ratios to favor their transmission. Cordaux and Gilbert publish a new Perspective showing how these manipulations can be driven by single symbiont loci targeting host sex-determination pathways.

🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaf110

#genome #symbiont

Cached (mostly) US Kindle giveaway on bsky: 10 copies of each book in Mira Grant's Parasitology trilogy (Parasite, Symbiont, and Chimera) over at https://bsky.app/profile/kithrup.bsky.social/post/3lor32j7rgc2p

A lot of people don't know this, but it turns out that Mira Grant is actually a pseudonym of @seananmcguire!

#KindleBookGiveaway #SeananMcGuire #MiraGrant #Parasitology #Parasite #Symbiont #Chimera

Sean Eric Fagan (@kithrup.bsky.social)

Cached (mostly) US Kindle giveaway: 10 copies each of Mira Grant's Parasitology trilogy -- Parasite, Symbiont, and Chimera. Hey, did you know that Mira Grant is actually a pseudonym that @seananmcguire.bsky.social uses? Most people don't! #KindleBookGiveaway

Bluesky Social

Great stuff! Good article!

And one of the scientists in this article has the same last name as the fellow who came up with the "Alien" movie designs: Giger. Maybe they're like grandfather and the younger doctor in "Young Frankenstein".

#Science #Symbiosis #Biology #Symbiont #HorrorMovie https://post.lurk.org/@mtchl/113894139837267418

Mitchell Whitelaw (@[email protected])

This is *wild*. I am old enough to remember when Margulis’ theories of symbiogenesis were basically heretical. Here are scientists watching it happen: https://www.quantamagazine.org/scientists-re-create-the-microbial-dance-that-sparked-complex-life-20250102/

post.lurk.org
Ancient Antarctic microorganisms are aggressive predators

In Antarctica there is a small lake, called Deep Lake, that is so salty it remains ice-free all year round despite temperatures as low as -20°C in winter. Archaea, a unique type of single-celled microorganism, thrive in this bitterly cold environment.

Phys.org