[HN Gopher] Provora: tiny predators that have been evolving sepa...
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       Provora: tiny predators that have been evolving separately for
       millions of years
        
       Author : objections
       Score  : 69 points
       Date   : 2023-04-28 05:42 UTC (17 hours ago)
        
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       | cwmma wrote:
       | So traditionally, the eukaryotes are organized into Fungi,
       | Plants, and Animals plus Protists which are basically a waste bin
       | taxon for everything else, so it's not surprising at all that
       | there is going to be some radically divergent groups in there.
        
       | danieltoomey wrote:
       | We should do this in Florida. Seems I read about occasional
       | frosts killing oranges
        
         | perihelions wrote:
         | (I think you intended to comment over on
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         | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35723609
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         | )
        
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       | canadianfella wrote:
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       | adolph wrote:
       | _Provora is a proposed supergroup of eukaryotes made up of
       | predatory microbes, "devouring voracious protists". It was
       | reported that ten strains were isolated and cultured in 2022.
       | They are predators of other microorganisms. Their discovery was
       | very delayed, compared to other microorganisms in their
       | environments, due to their rarity._
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       | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provora
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       |  _The Provora supergroup is genetically, morphologically and
       | behaviourally distinct from other eukaryotes, and comprises two
       | divergent clades of predators--Nebulidia and Nibbleridia--that
       | are superficially similar to each other, but differ fundamentally
       | in ultrastructure, behaviour and gene content. These predators
       | are globally distributed in marine and freshwater environments,
       | but are numerically rare and have consequently been overlooked by
       | molecular-diversity surveys._
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       | https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-022-05511-5?error=coo...
        
         | mock-possum wrote:
         | Awwww, lil nibblers!!!
        
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