glad so many of you *like* the ๐๐ข๐ฎ๐ฑ๐บ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ๐ข having lunch ๐
but don't miss the recent work of beryl rapaport et al. on another amoeba, ๐ฅ ๐๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ข๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฆ๐ฃ๐ข ๐ค๐ข๐ด๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด๐ช๐ด ๐ฅdancing at 63ยฐC
on STC ๐ smallthingsconsidered.blog/schaechter/2...
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no 'swimming' by ๐๐ข๐ฎ๐ฑ๐บ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ๐ข, definitively no 'staying still'. just a relaxed walk towards the lunch...
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Do microbes get more food by swimming or staying still? Turns out both work, and cilia help them pull in nutrients no matter the strategy.
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Evolutionary pressures have shaped the feeding behaviours of aquatic microorganisms in alignment with the underlying physics of fluid flow.