Hey can someone summarize this into lame man terms
What I’ve got is New organelle which evolved from a separate organism similar to mitochondria and it allows alge to process nitrogen
Is that right? And what does this mean for the ecosystem
new organelle!!!!
Submitted 7 months ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to science_memes@mander.xyz
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EvolvedTurtle@lemmy.world 6 months ago
angrystego@lemmy.world 6 months ago
This is exactly right. The alga has one more organelle that originated as a bacterial symbiont, just like mitochondria and chloroplasts, which is super cool! The alga, Braarudosphaera bigelowii, is a coccolithophore, which is very cool by itself. They are important part of the carbon cycle. And they loos supercool - they are covered in calcareous scales and are shaped like […wikimedia.org/…/Braarudosphaera_bigelowii.jpg](a dodecahedron!!!)
Omega_Haxors@lemmy.ml 6 months ago
They can fertilize themselves, removing the one thing plants can’t do on their own.
Protoknuckles@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Is this as exciting as it seems? It seems pretty exciting.
phdepressed@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
Yes. It is very exciting and cool.
Redjard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 months ago
If it’s a eukariotic algea, does it also have cloroplasts?
Omega_Haxors@lemmy.ml 6 months ago
Ah shit if this takes off plants won’t need us anymore.
DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 6 months ago
Based based based based based
Omega_Haxors@lemmy.ml 6 months ago
Somehow I support this.
Rentlar@lemmy.ca 7 months ago
UCYN-A is the nitrogen-fixer of the alga cell?
Atelopus-zeteki@kbin.run 7 months ago
UCYN-A (Candidatus Atelocyanobacterium thalassa) is a cyanobacterial symbiont of the unicellular algae Braarudosphaera bigelowii. And yes, it makes N2 into NH3, making that nitrogen fixed and available for B. bigelowii
phdepressed@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
UCYN-A is the organism. They’re calling it the “nitroplast”.
DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 7 months ago
It’s catchy, all the kids will know it by heart
AFallingAnvil@lemmy.ca 7 months ago
Man, if they had more time to evolve and adapt this on masse we could see some improvements to the marine ecosystem!
match@pawb.social 7 months ago
mouth agape, pointing to the background
Atelopus-zeteki@kbin.run 7 months ago
Nitrogen-fixing organelle in a marine alga - Tyler H. Coale, et al.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38603509/
but wait, there's more:
The nitroplast: A nitrogen-fixing organelle
A bacterial endosymbiont of marine algae evolved to an organelle
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.ado8571
Wow, this sounds really nifty!!! Anyone got full paper accesss? $30 a pop is a bit pricey, for this humble one.
phdepressed@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
12Image45
Sorry its janky idk how to upload a pdf
Atelopus-zeteki@kbin.run 6 months ago
Thanks! It's better than anything I came up with. Also saw this: Share your PDF as a Link (https://pdfdeck.com/), which may or may not work. I would think one could put the PDF on NextCloud (or similar), and then share a link from there to a comment here.
acetanilide@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Not OP but thanks for this! Can’t wait to read it.
IrritableOcelot@beehaw.org 7 months ago
Sorry, I can’t figure out how to upload a non-image file.