{"id":152592,"date":"2014-07-17T15:00:20","date_gmt":"2014-07-17T18:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/revistapesquisa.fapesp.br\/?p=152592"},"modified":"2014-07-17T15:00:20","modified_gmt":"2014-07-17T18:00:20","slug":"depository-microorganisms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/revistapesquisa.fapesp.br\/en\/depository-microorganisms\/","title":{"rendered":"A depository of microorganisms"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Fotolab_220\"Gary Bauchan and Chris Pooley \/ Electron & Confocal Microscopy Unit, USDA-ARS<\/span><\/a>The arachnid that carries bacteria and fungus on its back is a new species of plant mite. Having collected it in Ilh\u00e9us, in Bahia State, PhD candidate Jos\u00e9 Marcos Rezende took it to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Center in Beltsville, Maryland, where he photographed it using the LT-SEM, a scanning electron microscope. This microscope fixes the material by freezing it in liquid nitrogen. Afterwards, the image was colored on a computer. \u201cWith this technique it is easier to see the morphological and ecological characteristics of the material that is being examined,\u201d says Antonio Carlos Lofego from the Institute of Biosciences, Letters and Exact Sciences (Ibilce) at the S\u00e3o Paulo State University (Unesp) in S\u00e3o Jos\u00e9 do Rio Preto. Rezende is advised by Lofego at Unesp in the animal biology graduate program and is an intern at the Smithsonian Institution mite collection, where Ronald Ochoa is his advisor. \u201cThrough the image we conclude that mites can act as depositories and dispersing agents for microorganisms,\u201d Rezende says.<\/p>\n

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