video thumbnail 9:37
The Colors of the Microcosmos

2019-10-29

[public] 209K views, 10.5K likes, dislikes audio only

channel thumbJourney to the Microcosmos

We see the colors of the microcosmos every single week, but let's stop and ask why our some microbes are bright green, while others are a golden brown.

Follow Journey to the Microcosmos:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/journeytomicro

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JourneyToMicro

Check out the pilots:

Hashed Out: https://www.youtube.com/hashedout

Stories Retold: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNWGWU1SlGc61l5_eN0pXHQ

History Pop:

https://www.youtube.com/historypop

Support the Microcosmos:

http://www.patreon.com/journeytomicro

More from Jam’s Germs:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jam_and_germs

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCn4UedbiTeN96izf-CxEPbg

Hosted by Hank Green:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/hankgreen

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/vlogbrothers

Music by Andrew Huang:

https://www.youtube.com/andrewhuang

Journey to the Microcosmos is a Complexly production.

Find out more at https://www.complexly.com

Sources:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2606771/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC153454/

https://www.sciencedaily.com/terms/chlorophyll.htm

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK22535/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4584358/

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-45905-6

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK22604/

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/306291716_Phycoerythrin_Production_by_a_Marine_Oscillatoria_Cynophyta

https://www.livescience.com/52487-carotenoids.html

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3210606/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29361768

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28511808

https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpls.2016.00531/full

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-23854-w

https://www.hindawi.com/journals/bmri/2019/8101762/

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11120-010-9583-3

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/250150437_Ultrastructure_of_the_cyst_wall_of_Haematococcus_pluvialis_Chlorophyceae_Wall_development_and_behaviour_during_cyst_germination

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.0022-3646.2003.03-043.x

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0168649694900116

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/09670262.2018.1513571

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3770014/


photosynthesis
/youtube/video/4cAQsn-oiJE?t=149
carotenoids
/youtube/video/4cAQsn-oiJE?t=272
astaxanthin
/youtube/video/4cAQsn-oiJE?t=304
Journey to the Microcosmos Take a dive into the tiny, unseen world that surrounds us! With music by Andrew Huang, footage from James Weiss, and narration by Hank Green, we want to take you on a fascinating, reflective journey through the microcosmos.
/youtube/channel/UCBbnbBWJtwsf0jLGUwX5Q3g
How Do Microbes Poop Without A Butthole? 1,785 views
/youtube/video/k2ctNfCJVo4
The Indecisive Evolution of Gastrotrichs 23,743 views
/youtube/video/r6Q82BIww08