2021-05-17

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Journey to the Microcosmos

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From trumpets and spirals to floral arrangements, single cell organisms take on many strange and unique shapes. But they don't look like that just for fun, their shapes can help them with movement, hunting, and even defending themselves.

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SOURCES:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4368449/

https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.1002565

https://mmbr.asm.org/content/80/1/187

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4368449/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4460556/

https://jb.asm.org/content/182/5/1191

https://www.mdpi.com/2075-1729/10/12/355

https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(05)00193-5