What if your physical characteristics (hair color, height, or eye color) were determined by your bacterial microbiome? It might seem far fetched for humans, but for some marine species, this is a fact of life. We recently had a foreign emissary visit the lab, one Catherine Burke from the University of Technology in Sydney, Australia. . . . → Read More: Algal blobs take shape, thanks to bacteria
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By Dr Bik, on  October 11th, 2012  One comment  Ecology, Microbes, Organisms  algae, Bacteria, microbies, Symbiosis By Kevin Zelnio, on July 15th, 2010 Leave a comment Adaptations, New Research Anemone, Aptasia, Autotrophy, Best of Zelnio, Carbon, Heterotrophy, Mixotrophy, Pulse-Chase Experiment, radiocarbon, Symbiosis, Zooxanthellae It has been known for a long time that some anemones form symbiotic relationships with Zooxanthellae. For a while it was assumed that the anemones mainly persisted by utilizing carbon translocated from its symbionts, called autotrophy, but they can may supplement this by heterotrophic feeding on plankton. A study by Bachar and colleagues followed . . . → Read More: Determining the Fate of Carbon in a Mixotrophic Anemone
By Kevin Zelnio, on March 29th, 2008 5 comments Adaptations, New Research Allantactis, Anemone, Best of Zelnio, Biofilm, Buccinum, Crossaster, Defense, Epibiont, Gastropod, Lepasterias, Mollusc, Protection, Sea Star, Settlement Cue, Snail, Substrate, Symbiosis Sometimes we just need a little help to get by in life. A nudge, some encouragement or a simple pat on the back will suffice. Being stuck to a rock is not a real good way to avoid predators, unless that rock can move. Symbioses between sea anemones and snails have been well known for . . . → Read More: A Deep Sea Mutualism in Response to Predation
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