Led by the Earlham Institute in Norwich, with @samsocean.bsky.social, the Culture Collection of Algae and Protozoa, and @aau.dk, the project brings together international expertise in #protist culturing, #singlecell genomics, and #longread sequencing. 🧬🦠🔬

DAY 466
SPECIES 466 - Bulimina marginata
STAGE: Protists
MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek Watercolor, Sakura pen

B. marginata "the margined one" has a tapering spiral shell with spiney edges.

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DAY 465
SPECIES 465 - Ammodiscus incertus
STAGE: Protists
MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek Watercolor, Sakura pen

A. incertus is a single celled marine protist that looks like a sand grain cinnamon roll.

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DAY 464
SPECIES 464 - Bathysiphon filiformis
STAGE: Protists
MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek Watercolor, Sakura pen

B. filiformis is a tubular single celled marine protist.

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Continuing the iNaturalist finds: new* Eukaryota incertae sedis! Look at it go!

*Not actually, it was discovered in the mid-1800s. Just new to me, and difficult to find info on.

#biology #microbiology #protist

DAY 463
SPECIES 463 - Amphisorus hemprichii
STAGE: Protists
MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek Watercolor, Sakura pen

A. hemprichii is a large single celled bottom dwelling marine protist. First described by Christian G. Ehrenberg in 1839

#sciart #watercolor #paint #protist #eukaryotic #protistsonsky

DAY 461
SPECIES 461 - Spongosphaera streptacantha
STAGE: Protists
MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek Watercolor, Sakura pen

S. streptacantha (twisted spined sponge sphere) is a radiolarian that builds an intricate skeleton of silica

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DAY 458
SPECIES 458 - Angomonas deanei
STAGE: Protists
MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek Watercolor, Sakura pen

A. deanei is a protozoan that lives in the gut of insects

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DAY 455
SPECIES 455 - Trichomonas tenax
STAGE: Protists
MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek & HWC Watercolor, Sakura pen

T. tenax is a single celled protozoan that mainly lives in the human mouth

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