Is it a microscopic green banana?🧠 / Una banana verde?🔬

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Hello science addicts, today I prepared a small class about (Desmidiales), they are an order of green algae in which more than 6,000 species have been recorded worldwide! As you can see, make a home algae "cultivation" and wait a few days until the conditions are ideal for the growth of some "closterium". In my post we are going to identify the species, describe its ecology and some incredible data that modern science He still can't explain about these species!🧑‍🏫🧠

Hola adictos a la ciencia, hoy les prepare una pequena clase sobre (Desmidiales), son un orden de algas verdes la cual se han registrado mas de 6mil especies en todo el mundo! como puedes ver realice un "cultivo" de algas casero y espere algunos dias hasta que las condiciones son ideales para el crecimiento de algun "closterium" en mi post vamos a identificar la especie, a describir su ecologia y algunos datos increibles que la ciencia moderno aun no consigue explicar sobre estas especies!🔬🧫

What are the Desmidials🔬🧠/ Que son las Desmidiales🧑‍🏫

For this experiment I collected standing water and let it "settle" for 14 days receiving indirect sunlight through a window! and with a dropper randomly collect water at various depths to get some (Desmidiales) but really what are they? I mentioned in the previous paragraph that they are generally freshwater algae, and that more than 6000 species have been described, they are unicellular conjugates, their main characteristic is that they are divided by an "isthmus" creating two compartments! and we'll see in the picture!🧑‍🏫🧫🧠
Para este experimento recolecte agua estancada y la deje "reposar" por 14 dias recibiendo luz solar indirecta a traves de una ventana! y con un gotero aleatoriamente colecte agua en diversas profundidades para conseguir alguna (Desmidiales) pero realmente que son? mencionaba en el parrafo anterior que son algas generalmente agua dulce, y que se han descrito mas de 6000 especies, son conyugadas unicelulares, su principal caracteristica es que son divididas por un "itsmo" creando dos compartimientos! y ya lo veremos en la fotografia!🧠🧫🧑‍🏫

Identifying the species🔬🧠/ Identificando la especie🧑‍🏫

It was not very difficult to identify this algae which, due to its characteristics, is undoubtedly Closterium moniliferum, why? well the bibliographical reference tells us: "it presents chloroplasts with about ten lamellae" between 6-7 pyrenoids that are: (protein structures that are observed in plastids of algae), they are not scattered throughout the "body" on the contrary they are seen in row shape! Their size varies between 150-450 microns, they are common in still and eutrophic waters! I mean "contaminated"🧠🧫🧑‍🏫
No fue muy dificil identificar esta alga que sin duda por sus caracteristicas se trata de Closterium moniliferum por que? bien la referencia bibliografica nos dice: "presenta cloroplastos con unas diez laminillas" entre 6-7 pirenoides que son: (estructuras proteicas que se observan en los plastos de algas), no estan esparcidos por todo el "cuerpo" al contrario se ven en forma de hilera! su tamano varia entre 150-450micras, son frecuentes de aguas paradas y eutroficas! osea "contaminadas"🔬🧠🌏

What are Closteriums?🔬🧠/Que son Closterium?🧑‍🏫

Applying coloring🧠

While I was carrying out the experiment I decided to put dye to see the behavior of the algae before these compounds but nothing really happened, I thought it would have somewhere but it didn't! I have to admit that if I achieved a better result to photograph each individual with better details, remember that it is a species of only 150 microns so when doing 100x they still do not look very big!🧠🌍

mientras realizaba el experimento decidi colocar colorante para ver el comportamiento de las algas antes estos compuesto pero en verdad no ocurrio nada, pense que se teniria alguna parte pero no fue asi! tengo que reconocer que si logre un mejor resultado para fotografiar con mejor detalles cada individuo, recuerda que es una especie de tan solo 150micras por lo que al hacer 100x aun no se ven muy grande!🕵️‍♂️

"Closterium are a genus of algae, they have an elongated and cylindrical appearance, they look like a crescent moon and very often they have two symmetrical semicells individually", the vacuoles are quite visible at the ends of each semicell!🧑‍🏫🔬
"Las Closterium son un genero de algas, tienen un aspecto alargado y cilindrico parecen una medialuna y muy amenudo presentan dos semicelulas simetricas en forma individual", las vacuolas son bastantes visibes en los extremos de cada semicelula!🌏🧠🧫

Curious about these algae?🔬🧠/Curiosidad de estas algas?🧑‍🏫

At each end of the Closterium we see how many proteins move inside the vacuole (Brownian movement) that are actually composed of barium sulfate crystals but until now science has not been able to explain what it is for! Its reproduction can be sexual by conjugation or asexual by a mother cell by partition! It is normal in the microscopic kingdom from time to time algae despite being able to reproduce asexually will always choose to perform a conjugation to always exist an exchange of "genetic material".🌏🔬🧑‍🏫
En cada extremo de las Closterium vemos como muchas proteinas moviendose dentro de la vacuola (movimiento browniano) que en realidad estan compuestas de cristales de sulfato de bario pero hasta ahora la ciencia no consigue explicar para que sirve! su reproduccion puede ser sexual por conjugacion o asexual por una celula madre por particion! es normal en el reino microscopico de vez en cuando las algas apesar de poder reproducirse asexualmente siempre escogeran realizar una congujacion para siempre existir un intercambio de "material genetico". 🔬🌏

Morphology🔬🧠/Morfologia🧑‍🏫

We see the center where the genetic material and the aforementioned pyrenoids are stored.🔬🧑‍🏫
Vemos el centro donde se almacena el material genetico y los pirenoides antes mencionados.🧫🧠

Biologists infer that conjugated algae are the most beautiful on the planet and it is quite a spectacle to see them under the microscope! they have not been described in marine water! half of the algae is strictly divided into two symmetrical half cells! the cell wall is made up of 2-3 layers of cellulose and pectin! They present pores two microns in size through which a compound that allows movement is secreted!🧫🧠
Los Biologos infieren que las algas conyugadas son las mas bonitas del planeta y todo un espectaculo verlas en el microscopio! no se han descrito en agua marina! la mitad de la alga es estrictamente dividida en dos semicelulas simetricas! la pared celular esta conformada por 2-3 capas de celulosa y pectina! presentan poros de dos micras de tamano por donde se segrega un compuesto que permite el movimiento!🔬🧫

We conclude that it is not a banana? xd🔬🧠/Concluimos que no es una banana? xD🧑‍🏫

hehe of course it's not a banana but I think that in the microscopic world these would be green bananas because of their great resemblance! It was a great experience, I hope you learned something interesting today!😁

hehe claro que no es una banana pero creo que en el mundo microscopico estas serian las bananas verdes por su gran parecido! fue una gran experiencia espero hayas aprendido algo interesante el dia de hoy!😂

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The descriptions of the algae were extracted from the cited pages.⛔🛑

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