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Oomycetes are one of the more unusual-looking microbes we’ve seen in the microcosmos. It looks more like a coral reef painted by an artist inspired by Gustav Klimt and a pile of trash. And if you saw that painting hanging in the museum, you might pass it by without thinking much of its subject.
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SOURCES:
parliament.uk/about/living-heritage/evolutionofparliament/legislativescrutiny/parliamentandireland/overview/the-great-famine
britannica.com/event/Great-Famine-Irish-history
http://www.plantpath.cornell.edu/Fry/
frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/ffgc.2021.668895/full
astacology.org/MeetingPresentations.asp?uid=guest&s=21&t=1&ln=B
apsnet.org/edcenter/disandpath/oomycete/introduction/Pages/IntroOomycetes.aspx
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC154851
kids.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frym.2021.560315
https://ucmp.berkeley.edu/chromista/oomycota.html
cell.com/current-biology/pdf/S0960-9822(06)02054-9.pdf
journals.plos.org/plospathogens/article?id=10.1371/journal.ppat.1004805
frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcell.2020.00229/full
pnas.org/doi/epdf/10.1073/pnas.1105100108
academic.oup.com/femsre/article/35/3/542/541837
cell.com/heliyon/pdf/S2405-8440(21)00422-9.pdf
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Oomycetes are one of the more unusual-looking microbes we’ve seen in the microcosmos. It looks more like a coral reef painted by an artist inspired by Gustav Klimt and a pile of trash. And if you saw that painting hanging in the museum, you might pass it by without thinking much of its subject.
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Don't forget to check out some giant fungus on our sibling channel, PBS Eons!
youtu.be/-G64DagHuOg
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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.
Find out more at complexly.com
Stock video from:
gettyimages.com/detail/photo/potato-royalty-free-image/923237822
gettyimages.com/detail/photo/tomato-on-branch-affected-by-late-blight-or-royalty-free-image/1362440235
gettyimages.com/detail/video/crazy-scientist-stock-footage/151348385
gettyimages.com/detail/video/handsome-man-is-sitting-on-sofa-late-at-night-in-front-stock-footage/1339357172
SOURCES:
parliament.uk/about/living-heritage/evolutionofparliament/legislativescrutiny/parliamentandireland/overview/the-great-famine
britannica.com/event/Great-Famine-Irish-history
http://www.plantpath.cornell.edu/Fry/
frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/ffgc.2021.668895/full
astacology.org/MeetingPresentations.asp?uid=guest&s=21&t=1&ln=B
apsnet.org/edcenter/disandpath/oomycete/introduction/Pages/IntroOomycetes.aspx
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC154851
kids.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frym.2021.560315
https://ucmp.berkeley.edu/chromista/oomycota.html
cell.com/current-biology/pdf/S0960-9822(06)02054-9.pdf
journals.plos.org/plospathogens/article?id=10.1371/journal.ppat.1004805
frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcell.2020.00229/full
pnas.org/doi/epdf/10.1073/pnas.1105100108
academic.oup.com/femsre/article/35/3/542/541837
cell.com/heliyon/pdf/S2405-8440(21)00422-9.pdf
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.
