THE PHACUS GENRE IN SALTWATER🧠🧬 / EL GENERO PHACUS EN AGUA SALADA👨‍🎓🧫🔬

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Today while taking a walk on the beach I saw water that was stagnant on a stone and from its appearance it had been there for a long time! It is not normal to see green Atlantic ocean water, it is generally very translucent and allows us to observe our feet, but apparently when the salt water is in a place with constant incidence of solar rays some living organisms grow that make the water change color! In my post we are going to answer some questions including why is water green? What organisms are present? your name, classification !!👨‍🎓🔬

Hoy mientras daba un paseo por la playa vi agua que estaba estancada en una piedra y por su aspecto tenia mucho tiempo alli! no es normal ver agua del oceano atlantico verde, generalmente es muy traslucida y da para observar nuestros pies, pero aparentemente cuando el agua salada esta en un sitio con constante incidencias de rayos solares crecen algunos organismos vivos que hacen que el agua cambie de color! en mi post vamos a responder algunas interrogantes entre ellas porque el agua es verde? que organismos estan presentes? su nombre, clasificacion!!😮🌊

METHODOLOGY👨‍🏫🔬/METODOLOGIA🧫🧠

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Like all small scientific work, we must capture a methodology in our report, this means the set of techniques that were carried out to carry out the study! In my case, I went for a walk along the shore of the Atlantic Ocean looking for small stones where the water is stagnant that it can hardly circulate, these environments are conducive to organisms that prefer waters with little movement and with constant sun! well take some samples and take them to my lab!💥🌅
Como todo pequeño trabajo cientifico debemos plasmar en nuestro reporte una metodologia, esto quiere decir el conjunto de tecnicas que fueron realizadas para realizar el estudio! en mi caso realice una caminata por la orilla del oceano atlantico buscando pequeñas piedras donde el agua esta estancada que dificilemente no puede circular, estos ambientes son propicios para organismos que prefieren aguas con pocos movimientos y con sol constante! bien tome unas muestras y las lleve a mi laboratorio!🤔🧫

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After taking the water to my laboratory I will let it rest since all the organisms are suspended and this movement ends up breaking the organelles of many bacteria or algae, so I will let the water rest for about 30 minutes and then I will take 2 drops with the dropper, but instead of taking it in the superficial part I will take the one that is at the bottom of the tube where the water is greener! After taking a few drops of water, the cover object is placed on it and we are ready to take it to the microscope!🧠🔬
Luego de llevar el agua a mi laboratorio voy a dejar reposar ya que todos los organismos estan suspendidos y este movimiento acaba por romper los organelos de muchas bacterias o algas, por eso voy a dejar el agua reposar unos 30min y luego procedere a tomar 2 gotas con el gotero, pero en ves de tomarla en la parte superficial tomare aquella que esta en el fondo del tubo donde el agua esta mas verde! luego de tomar unas gotas de agua se le coloca el cubre objeto y estamos listo para llevarla al microscopio!👨‍🎓🧬

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Do you remember your high school Biology class when the teacher made us use the lowest magnification objective to see a sample? This is a universal law of microbiology, so I will start to see my sample with a magnification of 14x I am almost sure that I will not see many living organisms in this stagnant water because there is a lot of sun and the sun is a natural sterilizer! many organisms come down for cover when UV rays are intense, but in stagnant water with a depth of 5cm the UV incidence is too great and few organisms survive this condition!😮👨‍🎓
Recuerdas tu clase de Biologia de secundaria cuando la profesora nos obligaba a usar el objetivo de menor de aumento para ver una muestra? esta es una ley universal de microbiologia, por lo que comenzare a ver mi muestra con un aumento de 14x estoy casi seguro que no voy a ver muchos organismos vivos en esta agua estancada porque hay mucho sol y el sol es un esterilizador natural! muchos organismos bajan para cubrirse cuando los rayos UV son intensos, pero en una agua estancada con una profundidad de 5cm la incidencia UV es demasiada y pocos organismos sobreviven a esta condicion!🤔🧫🔬

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ANALYSIS👨‍🏫🔬/ANALISIS🧫🧠

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With a 14x magnification I only see small green organisms moving in the water but I can't see anything else, and my instinct was correct in these extreme conditions only very small microscopic life manages to adapt, I did not see water bears, I did not see rotifers! just these tiny little guys! by making a few magnifications and bringing my field of vision to 50x I can already see my study subjects clearly! they are microalgae.😱💚💚
Con un aumento de 14x solo veo pequeños organismos verdes moviendose en el agua pero no consigo ver mas nada, y mi instinto estaba en lo correcto en estas condiciones extremas solo vida microscopica muy pequeña consiguen adaptarse, no vi osos de agua, no vi rotiferos! solo estos pequeños individuos muy pequeños! al realizar unos aumentos y llevar mi campo de vision a 50x ya puedo ver claramente mis sujetos de estudios! se tratan de microalgas.🍃🌲🍀

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WHY IS WATER GREEN?👨‍🏫🔬/PORQUE EL AGUA ES VERDE🧫🧠

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This was one of the questions that I had to answer in my post, because this stagnant water had a green color and if we look at the shore of the beach, we do not see this color in the water. Well because we get microalgae, these living organisms have a very interesting characteristic they are green since they have an organelle called "plastos" and it is similar to the chloroplasts of plants that are almost "green", now let's imagine millions of these algae gathered in a small portion of water will easily turn green! and we answered the question with all logic and scientific foundation! but what are these algae?
Esta era una de las preguntas que debia responder en mi post, porque esta agua estancada tenia una coloracion verde y si vemos en la orilla de la playa no vemos este color en el agua¿? bien debido a que conseguimos microalgas, estos organismos vivos tienen una caracteristica muy interesante son verde ya que tienen un organelo llamado "plastos" y es parecido a los cloroplastos de las plantas que casulamente son "verdes", ahora imaginemos millones de estas algas reunidas en una porcion pequeña de agua facilmente su coloracion seria verde! y respondimos con toda logica y fundamento cientifico la pregunta! pero que son estas algas¿

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It was easy to identify them because they are very common in seawater, they are microolgas that belong to the Phacus genus that in turn are grouped taxonomically in the phylum Euglenozoa, they are bone unicellular organisms composed of only one cell, which have a flattened and pointed morphology, These fantastic microorganisms are photosynthetic. They acquire their food through a set of physiological processes where the sun is their main source of energy!🌕💥
Fue facil identificarlos porque son muy comunes de agua estacanda de mar, son microolgas que pertenecen al genero Phacus que a su vez se agrupan taxonomicamente en el filo Euglenozoa, son organismos unicelulares osea compuestos por solo una celula, que tienen una morfologia aplanada y puntiaguda, estos fantasticos microorganismos son fotosinteticos adquieren su alimento mediante un conjunto de procesos fisiologicos donde el sol es su principal fuente de energia!🛑⛔❗

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The phacus cell is covered by plasts that are specialized to perform photosynthesis, we can also find a red structure (eye spot) that is a photoreceptor through which the microalgae manages to find areas where the sun is more intense, we can see the flajelo which is used for movement, the (paramylon body) are sacks full of carbohydrates that have the function of energy reserve!💚🔬
La celula de los phacus esta cubierta por plastos que son los especializados para realizar la fotosintesis, podemos encontrar tambien una estructura roja (eye spot) que es un fotorreceptor mediante el la microalga consigue buscar zonas donde el sol esta mas intenso, podemos ver el flajelo que es usado para movimiento, el (paramylon body) son sacos llenos de carbohidratos que tienen la funcion de reserva energetica!🧠🧫

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The first time phacus were described was in the 19th century and it was named for its resemblance to the lentil bean! I am quite excited because this species that I found is not common in salt water, so I can deduce that salt water has a mixture of rain water, the temperature was below 15 degrees, which is unusual, besides they They do not prefer stagnant water because they do not have the organic components conducive to their growth. All my findings are not entirely true with what the bibliographic reference says, the phacus are great indicators of environmental contamination and hence their ecological importance in addition to being part of the phytoplankton!😮👨‍🎓
La primera vez que se describieron los phacus fue en el siglo 19 y se le coloco ese nombre por el parecido al grano de lenteja! estoy bastante emocionado porque esta especie que encontre no es comun de agua salada, por lo que puedo deducir que el agua salada tiene una mezcla de agua de lluvia, la temperatura se que estaba inferior a los 15 grados cosa que es poco comun, ademas ellos no prefieren el agua estancada porque no presentan los componentes organicos propicios para su crecimiento. Todos mis hallazgos no estan de todo cierto con lo que dice la referencia bibliografica, los phacus son grandes indicadores de contaminacion ambiental y de alli su importancia ecologica ademas de formar parte del fitoplacton!📕📕

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https://ecuador.inaturalist.org/taxa/200867-Phacus
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Fascinating insight into micro-organisms! And a terrific NASA t-shirt!

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Pretty cool!

Do these things actually have eyes? Like primitive holes mostly to differentiate light and dark?

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I would not say an eye! I would say more a photoreceptor organ! hugs I'm glad you liked it and thank you for contributing by asking questions!

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I guess next time you'll redo the exercise with non-stagnant water. Nice pictures and interesting experience by the way :)

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