California has been a big transition for me. I mean big. Not only am I now living in the sun-drenched utopia I have long pined for (a climate which finally meets my minimum temperature preference of 90F), but I also have leaped into to an entirely new scientific world. I think I’m becoming a microbiologist. . . . → Read More: Microbiology at Sea: A tale of ballast, vomit, and cockroaches
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By Dr Bik, on  May 17th, 2012  3 comments  Conservation & Environment, Microbes, Organisms, Vessels and Equipment  Bacteria, Ballast, cockroaches, Microbes, microbiome, Seasick By Dr Bik, on April 26th, 2012 Leave a comment Microbes, Organisms, Seeps, Vent, & Whale Falls 16S, Bacteria, DNA, Microbes, rRNA, sulfur, Thiomargarita namibiensis The real title of the paper is “Multiple self-splicing introns in the 16S rRNA genes of giant sulfur bacteria”. But who’s going to fall out of their chair for that? The truth is, we do have aliens peppered among us. Think about Men in Black: plenty of space creatures, but Homo sapiens remains completely oblivious. . . . → Read More: In the oceans, aliens lie hidden and waiting
By para_sight, on March 19th, 2012 10 comments Microbes, Organisms diversity, fish, Organisms, parasites Image: Australian Museum Tongue biters have been in my inbox a few times lately. If you’ve managed never to come across these interesting little isopods before, they are members of a wholly parasitic group called the Cymothoidae. For regular readers of Deep Sea News, you can think about them as smaller versions of Bathynomus, which . . . → Read More: No fish is an island
By Dr. M, on December 6th, 2011 4 comments Microbes, New Research, New Species, Open Access, Organisms, Seeps, Vent, & Whale Falls, Uncategorized Hydrothermal Vent, kiwa, Kiwa hirsuta, Kiwa puravida, yeti crab Back in 2005, three researchers described and named a very unusual crab from a hydrothermal vent in the Indian Ocean (paper here). The scientists christened this crustacean Kiwa hirsuta from the name of the goddess of shellfish in Polynesian mythology and the Latin hirsutus meaning hairy. The later specifically referring some very hairy claws . . . → Read More: Yeti Crab Roundup
By Miriam Goldstein, on October 23rd, 2011 3 comments Ecology, Microbes bioluminescence, dinoflagellates, Lingulodinium polyedrum, Noctiluca, Peter Franks, Predation, red tide, Scripps GET IN MAH BELLY! These huge predatory dinoflagellates have consumed smaller bioluminescent dinoflagellates. The red tide that has lit San Diego for several weeks is ending in a microscopic bloodbath. The above photo was taken by Linsey Sala, the manager of the Pelagic Invertebrates Collection at Scripps Institution of Oceanography. She writes: This image was . . . → Read More: San Diego red tide eaten alive by single-celled predator
By Miriam Goldstein, on October 1st, 2011 2 comments Microbes Blue Whale, Eddie Kisfaludy, La Jolla, Lingulodinium polyedrum, phytoplankton, red tide, San Diego Check out these gorgeous photos of blue whales going through the red tide! Eddie Kisfaludy took them with his iPhone from a small plane off La Jolla Shores, and they are published here with his permission. (Thanks, Eddie!) For more information on the current red tide – still going strong today – see our FAQ . . . → Read More: Blue whales in a red tide
By Miriam Goldstein, on September 27th, 2011 100 comments Ecology, Microbes, Scientist! bioluminescence, bioluminescent, Lingulodinium polyedrum, Peter Franks, phytoplankton, red tide, Scripps Dr. Peter Franks This is a guest post modified from two emails by professor of biological oceanography Peter Franks, reprinted here with his permission. Peter is a phytoplankton ecologist who studies how the physical processes in the ocean influence the growth and distribution patterns of phytoplankton, so he’s often the go-to guy on red tides. . . . → Read More: The San Diego red tide: FAQ from Scripps professor Dr. Peter Franks
By Dr Bik, on September 3rd, 2011 One comment Ecology, Microbes, New Research, Organisms Bacteria, high-throughput sequencing, metagenomics, Microbes, pelagic, Seasonality, UK …because “High-throughput sequencing confers a deep view of seasonal community dynamics in pelagic marine environments”, however appropriate a title, seems far too dry and technical for a blog. I mean, I want people to read my posts, right? Don’t be fooled by the title, though: I am going to give you some seriously elegant science . . . → Read More: Big text files can tell you how the ocean works
By Dr Bik, on August 3rd, 2011 9 comments Microbes, Organisms marine fungi, nematodes, nematophagous, sediments That’s right, you heard me—there are mushrooms that live in the sea. OK, well technically a mushroom is a fruiting body of a fungus with a cap, stem and gills, but lets take some dramatic liberties and run with it. A new draft manuscript recently necessitated that I review the literature on marine fungi – . . . → Read More: Marine Fungi are Totally Badass
By Archie Teuthis, on July 19th, 2011 Leave a comment Geology, Microbes, Scientist! Beth Orcutt, crust, JASON II, Scientist In Residence, sediments, Subsurface Beth is an U.S. postdoc scientist at the Center for Geomicrobiology in Denmark studying tiny microbes that live at the bottom of the ocean and their role in global processes. You can check out her website to learn more about her work. Greetings, lovers of the ocean depths! I sheepishly pop my head back in . . . → Read More: Scientist in Residence: Beth Orcutt – “There is More to the Marine Subsurface than Sediments”
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