Beautiful expansion microscopy pictures were obtained at @dudinlab.bsky.social lab. ExM not only helped us to clarify the Discocelia cell structure, but also facilitated subsequent TEM studies.
Check out our new paper where we doubbling the known diversity of Developea (Stramenopiles) with 8 new species and 2 new genera. Some have multiflagellated stages and self-aggregations! Some are omnivorous (i.e. survive on either eukaryotic or prokaryotic prey)!
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The nature of ‘jaws’: a new predatory representative of Provora and the ultrastructure of nibbling #protists #protistsonsky