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In the 1820s, a man named Dr. R. Brandes walked through a meadow on a quest to try and answer a centuries-old question about a mysterious gelatinous substance on the ground known as “star jelly.”
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SOURCES:
aaas.org/discovery-bacteria
inaturalist.org/guide_taxa/711578
https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/publication/AG430
http://cfb.unh.edu/phycokey/Choices/Cyanobacteria/cyano_filaments/cyano_unbranched_fil/untapered_filaments/heterocysts/vis_sheath/NOSTOC/Nostoc_key.html
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9780359
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6437075
microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/00207713-47-2-584
https://quod.lib.umich.edu/e/eebo/A43289.0001.001?rgn=main;view=fulltext
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In the 1820s, a man named Dr. R. Brandes walked through a meadow on a quest to try and answer a centuries-old question about a mysterious gelatinous substance on the ground known as “star jelly.”
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Hosted by Hank Green:
Twitter: twitter.com/hankgreen
YouTube: youtube.com/vlogbrothers
Music by Andrew Huang:
youtube.com/andrewhuang
Journey to the Microcosmos is a Complexly production.
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Stock video from:
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NostocPruniforme1.jpg
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nostoc_commune.jpg
gettyimages.com/detail/illustration/paracelsus-portrait-royalty-free-illustration/104354889
gettyimages.com/detail/photo/dried-terrestrial-blue-green-algae-royalty-free-image/1658510155
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nostoc_2004_05_07.jpg
gettyimages.com/detail/photo/braised-dried-oysters-with-black-moss-royalty-free-image/1151626204
SOURCES:
aaas.org/discovery-bacteria
inaturalist.org/guide_taxa/711578
https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/publication/AG430
http://cfb.unh.edu/phycokey/Choices/Cyanobacteria/cyano_filaments/cyano_unbranched_fil/untapered_filaments/heterocysts/vis_sheath/NOSTOC/Nostoc_key.html
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9780359
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6437075
microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/00207713-47-2-584
https://quod.lib.umich.edu/e/eebo/A43289.0001.001?rgn=main;view=fulltext
This video has been dubbed using an artificial voice via aloud.area120.google.com to increase accessibility. You can change the audio track language in the Settings menu.
