del Campo Lab
@delcampolab.bsky.social
Microbial Ecology and Evolution Lab at IBE Barcelona led by @fonamental.bsky.social. Studying marine animal holobionts🦠🪸🌊
Today at the @iec.cat , @matteoagazzi.bsky.social gave an update on our coral reference genomes project🪸, part or the @catbiogenoma.bsky.social. It was great to see what everyone is working on within the @catbiogenoma.bsky.social effort! #corals #genomes
November 12, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Today at the @iec.cat , @matteoagazzi.bsky.social gave an update on our coral reference genomes project🪸, part or the @catbiogenoma.bsky.social. It was great to see what everyone is working on within the @catbiogenoma.bsky.social effort! #corals #genomes
[email protected] is officially a PhD student in our lab! Her thesis project will explore the evolutionary history of Suessiales and the origin of symbiosis in the group🦠 Welcome!!🥳 #protists #corals #symbiosis #protistsonsky
November 10, 2025 at 2:09 PM
[email protected] is officially a PhD student in our lab! Her thesis project will explore the evolutionary history of Suessiales and the origin of symbiosis in the group🦠 Welcome!!🥳 #protists #corals #symbiosis #protistsonsky
Thank you everyone for a great congress!🦠🌊😊 @same18-bcn.bsky.social
October 6, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Thank you everyone for a great congress!🦠🌊😊 @same18-bcn.bsky.social
. @joanakrause.bsky.social gave a presentation on her project “Describing the diversity and global distribution of plastid-bearing coral symbionts re-using published microbiome data”
October 6, 2025 at 8:41 PM
. @joanakrause.bsky.social gave a presentation on her project “Describing the diversity and global distribution of plastid-bearing coral symbionts re-using published microbiome data”
. @rociomozo.bsky.social presented a poster on “Phylogenomics of Coral Photosymbionts and their Free-Living Relatives” (her Master’s project)
October 6, 2025 at 8:41 PM
. @rociomozo.bsky.social presented a poster on “Phylogenomics of Coral Photosymbionts and their Free-Living Relatives” (her Master’s project)
We had a great time last week at @same18-bcn.bsky.social in Barcelona!
October 6, 2025 at 8:41 PM
We had a great time last week at @same18-bcn.bsky.social in Barcelona!
Some of the mechanisms this alga uses to cope with heavy metals include supplementation of chlorophyll with other divalent cations (in place of Mg²⁺), and internal compartmentalization via precipitation or granule formation.
📷 Adapted from Brake et al.
📷 Adapted from Brake et al.
July 24, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Some of the mechanisms this alga uses to cope with heavy metals include supplementation of chlorophyll with other divalent cations (in place of Mg²⁺), and internal compartmentalization via precipitation or granule formation.
📷 Adapted from Brake et al.
📷 Adapted from Brake et al.
In addition to being a bioindicator for AMD, E. mutabilis has been reported to grow in biofilms that trap contaminants and help precipitate them into iron-rich stromatolites, limiting their spread downstream.
📷 Adapted from Brake et al.
📷 Adapted from Brake et al.
July 24, 2025 at 5:21 PM
In addition to being a bioindicator for AMD, E. mutabilis has been reported to grow in biofilms that trap contaminants and help precipitate them into iron-rich stromatolites, limiting their spread downstream.
📷 Adapted from Brake et al.
📷 Adapted from Brake et al.
Has it lost its mind? Can it see or is it blind? Don’t worry — we’re not judging anyone. We’re just amazed by the protagonist of this week’s #MidweekMicrobe.
Make some noise for a true Ironman: the euglenozoan Euglena mutabilis! 🤘 🦠
📷 Gerd Guenther
Make some noise for a true Ironman: the euglenozoan Euglena mutabilis! 🤘 🦠
📷 Gerd Guenther
July 24, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Has it lost its mind? Can it see or is it blind? Don’t worry — we’re not judging anyone. We’re just amazed by the protagonist of this week’s #MidweekMicrobe.
Make some noise for a true Ironman: the euglenozoan Euglena mutabilis! 🤘 🦠
📷 Gerd Guenther
Make some noise for a true Ironman: the euglenozoan Euglena mutabilis! 🤘 🦠
📷 Gerd Guenther
For further insight, check out doi.org/10.1016/j.pr... and
doi.org/10.1016/j.cu... 🦠 🪱
📷 Yokouchi et al 2022
doi.org/10.1016/j.cu... 🦠 🪱
📷 Yokouchi et al 2022
July 9, 2025 at 5:56 PM
For further insight, check out doi.org/10.1016/j.pr... and
doi.org/10.1016/j.cu... 🦠 🪱
📷 Yokouchi et al 2022
doi.org/10.1016/j.cu... 🦠 🪱
📷 Yokouchi et al 2022
Morphology wise, P. noduliferae has an overlall flattened shape, transverse surface folds and a flagellar apparatus, which is located at the apical end of the cell and contains two flagella (anterior and posterior) that move in a whip-like motion.
📷 Yokouchi et al 2022
📷 Yokouchi et al 2022
July 9, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Morphology wise, P. noduliferae has an overlall flattened shape, transverse surface folds and a flagellar apparatus, which is located at the apical end of the cell and contains two flagella (anterior and posterior) that move in a whip-like motion.
📷 Yokouchi et al 2022
📷 Yokouchi et al 2022
The Platyproteum genus had been formerly assigned to the Apicomplexa, but was later demostrated by Mathur and colleagues that it actually branched off from the base of the chrompodellid taxa and apicomplexan clade. P. noduliferae is sister to P. vivax (Yokouchi et al 2022).
July 9, 2025 at 5:56 PM
The Platyproteum genus had been formerly assigned to the Apicomplexa, but was later demostrated by Mathur and colleagues that it actually branched off from the base of the chrompodellid taxa and apicomplexan clade. P. noduliferae is sister to P. vivax (Yokouchi et al 2022).
Platyproteum noduliferae is a marine alveolate, discovered in the intestinal tract of the host Phascolosoma noduliferum (a peanut worm🥜🪱 ) in the western coast of Hok kaido, Japan by Yokouchi et al #Midweekmicrobe
📷 Yokouchi et al 2022
📷 Yokouchi et al 2022
July 9, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Platyproteum noduliferae is a marine alveolate, discovered in the intestinal tract of the host Phascolosoma noduliferum (a peanut worm🥜🪱 ) in the western coast of Hok kaido, Japan by Yokouchi et al #Midweekmicrobe
📷 Yokouchi et al 2022
📷 Yokouchi et al 2022
Last week we attended the Jornades de Biologia Evolutiva, organized by the @scb.iec.cat 🧫
@matteoagazzi.bsky.social and @rociomozo.bsky.social did a great job presenting their advances on their coral HMW and HiC data generation and Suessiales de novo transcriptomics projects🧬🤩
Keep it up folks!☺️
@matteoagazzi.bsky.social and @rociomozo.bsky.social did a great job presenting their advances on their coral HMW and HiC data generation and Suessiales de novo transcriptomics projects🧬🤩
Keep it up folks!☺️
July 1, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Last week we attended the Jornades de Biologia Evolutiva, organized by the @scb.iec.cat 🧫
@matteoagazzi.bsky.social and @rociomozo.bsky.social did a great job presenting their advances on their coral HMW and HiC data generation and Suessiales de novo transcriptomics projects🧬🤩
Keep it up folks!☺️
@matteoagazzi.bsky.social and @rociomozo.bsky.social did a great job presenting their advances on their coral HMW and HiC data generation and Suessiales de novo transcriptomics projects🧬🤩
Keep it up folks!☺️
Fossil protists like D. hadra are useful for molecular clock analyses. Since it appears only in early Campanian sediments, it also makes a great biostratigraphic marker, a time-stamp in the rock record.
May 29, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Fossil protists like D. hadra are useful for molecular clock analyses. Since it appears only in early Campanian sediments, it also makes a great biostratigraphic marker, a time-stamp in the rock record.
D. hadra (left) was placed in the genus Desmocysta because of its two-plate precingular archaeopyle. Its short, thin filaments and robust, folded cyst wall sets it apart from its relatives (right). These and other morphological differences inside the genus have sparked debate over its definition🤔
May 29, 2025 at 6:34 PM
D. hadra (left) was placed in the genus Desmocysta because of its two-plate precingular archaeopyle. Its short, thin filaments and robust, folded cyst wall sets it apart from its relatives (right). These and other morphological differences inside the genus have sparked debate over its definition🤔
Hey you, hurry up! You're just in time for a trip to the Late Cretaceous🌍 🦖
Sea levels are high and dinosaurs rule the Earth… but we’re here for a different kind of dino.
This #MidweekMicrobe, meet the fossil dinoflagellate Desmocysta hadra!🦠 ⛏️
Sea levels are high and dinosaurs rule the Earth… but we’re here for a different kind of dino.
This #MidweekMicrobe, meet the fossil dinoflagellate Desmocysta hadra!🦠 ⛏️
May 29, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Hey you, hurry up! You're just in time for a trip to the Late Cretaceous🌍 🦖
Sea levels are high and dinosaurs rule the Earth… but we’re here for a different kind of dino.
This #MidweekMicrobe, meet the fossil dinoflagellate Desmocysta hadra!🦠 ⛏️
Sea levels are high and dinosaurs rule the Earth… but we’re here for a different kind of dino.
This #MidweekMicrobe, meet the fossil dinoflagellate Desmocysta hadra!🦠 ⛏️
Congrats to @joanakrause.bsky.social for getting the first prize for the best poster presentation!🪸🦠
May 22, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Congrats to @joanakrause.bsky.social for getting the first prize for the best poster presentation!🪸🦠
Today we have been celebrating Biodiversity day at #UIBiodiversityDay2025 in Palma de Mallorca with talks from @rociomozo.bsky.social, @jnonell.bsky.social, @fonamental.bsky.social and a poster presentation from @joanakrause.bsky.social
May 22, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Today we have been celebrating Biodiversity day at #UIBiodiversityDay2025 in Palma de Mallorca with talks from @rociomozo.bsky.social, @jnonell.bsky.social, @fonamental.bsky.social and a poster presentation from @joanakrause.bsky.social
For this past week, @matteoagazzi.bsky.social has been co-organizing a workshop on HiC and HMW data generation in Mallorca. He also shared his recent experience with the protocols🧬
May 22, 2025 at 7:29 PM
For this past week, @matteoagazzi.bsky.social has been co-organizing a workshop on HiC and HMW data generation in Mallorca. He also shared his recent experience with the protocols🧬
We have a new PhD student! @jnonell.bsky.social did his MSc in the lab already, and now his PhD will focus on unveiling clues about the dark proteome and evolutionary history of the coral holobiont🪸🦠
Welcome “computer guy”, we’re very happy to have you with us!💻 #corals #microbiome #symbiosis
Welcome “computer guy”, we’re very happy to have you with us!💻 #corals #microbiome #symbiosis
May 15, 2025 at 9:02 AM
We have a new PhD student! @jnonell.bsky.social did his MSc in the lab already, and now his PhD will focus on unveiling clues about the dark proteome and evolutionary history of the coral holobiont🪸🦠
Welcome “computer guy”, we’re very happy to have you with us!💻 #corals #microbiome #symbiosis
Welcome “computer guy”, we’re very happy to have you with us!💻 #corals #microbiome #symbiosis
The attachment apparatus is made up of lobes organized in one circle (trophozoites) or two circles (gamonts), topped with a ring of filamentous fascicles. The parasitophorous sac and the parasite contain actin and tubulin, while myosin seems to only be present in the sac.
📷 Valigurová et al. 2015
📷 Valigurová et al. 2015
May 7, 2025 at 4:50 PM
The attachment apparatus is made up of lobes organized in one circle (trophozoites) or two circles (gamonts), topped with a ring of filamentous fascicles. The parasitophorous sac and the parasite contain actin and tubulin, while myosin seems to only be present in the sac.
📷 Valigurová et al. 2015
📷 Valigurová et al. 2015
Eleutheroschizon duboscqi is a marine protococcidian that parasites the polychaete Scoloplos arminger🪱 . It grows epicellularly, enclosed in a two-membrane parasitophorous sac derived from the host cell, that ends in a protein-rich tail #Midweekmicrobe
📷 Valigurová et al. 2015
📷 Valigurová et al. 2015
May 7, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Eleutheroschizon duboscqi is a marine protococcidian that parasites the polychaete Scoloplos arminger🪱 . It grows epicellularly, enclosed in a two-membrane parasitophorous sac derived from the host cell, that ends in a protein-rich tail #Midweekmicrobe
📷 Valigurová et al. 2015
📷 Valigurová et al. 2015
Since Alveolinidae are evolutionarily older than Miliolida, this suggests that kleptoplasty isn’t simply a transitional step toward endosymbiosis. Instead, it’s a distinct strategy—offering a unique window into how interactions with algal plastids may evolve.
April 30, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Since Alveolinidae are evolutionarily older than Miliolida, this suggests that kleptoplasty isn’t simply a transitional step toward endosymbiosis. Instead, it’s a distinct strategy—offering a unique window into how interactions with algal plastids may evolve.
Researchers are still figuring out how H. diversa keeps its kleptoplasts functional. Some organisms, like the sea slug Elysia chlorotica, preserve chloroplasts without algal genes by maintaining a stable environment.
📷 Mary Tyler
📷 Mary Tyler
April 30, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Researchers are still figuring out how H. diversa keeps its kleptoplasts functional. Some organisms, like the sea slug Elysia chlorotica, preserve chloroplasts without algal genes by maintaining a stable environment.
📷 Mary Tyler
📷 Mary Tyler