#seepweed

[sitting-on-me-bum]

A seagull sits on the “red beach” created by clusters of suaeda salsa – also known as seepweed or seablite – in Yingkou, China

Photograph: VCG/Getty Images

[serpercival]

Dear serpercival,

Well… here it is: https://ceterumcenseo.neocities.org/literature/documents/hstp_tjmd_fic_oct_2024.pdf

3.5k words of a fake study surrounding curses in the Foxboy Trapper 'Verse. It's currently hosted on my website as a PDF - I don't know if I want to post it to ao3. (because if i want to do that, i need to abolish ALL those 20something tables i've currently got in the document!).

Oh, yeah: Official summary is btw: " „Head and shoulders, tail and paws: Correlation between curse length and curse-caused characteristics“ (colloquially also called “The McIntyre Method”) is nowadays considered to be one of the most influential and important scientific articles dealing with the markedness of curses, although it was disreputable at the time of publishing to question the widespread ideas about curse characteristics. […] The study is the most frequently cited one on curses and serves as a milestone in understanding its matter. "

I tried to take some pointers from both Professional Courtesy as well as Mating Habits, you'll definitely recognise it. Keep a look out for the citation (yes, it's got a fake bibliography) of "Oughton, 1952".

Anyways - hope you enjoy? It was definitely a lot of fun, I like number crunching and I really like that AU, as we have previously established. If you read it, I'd be delighted to hear your opinions! :D

Best wishes to you and kind regards also to the other contributors of the AU! Tigoteus

oh my god.

oh my god.

This is genuinely one of the coolest things anybody's ever sent me and I'm so so thrilled by it. Graphs! Charts! The attention to detail!!!!!!!! Oughhhhhhhhhhh I've been going absolutely insane about this since you sent it to me and I'm certain I'll continue to go completely insane.

Trap scores a 68/84, but three questions (respiratory alterations, other bodily alterations, and developmental changes) aren't really applicable for him, so adjusted to ignore those three questions but end up with a score out of 84 that's a 79.3 - spot on by your chart! Super super neat and well thought out. The little touch of an acknowledgement for Gonzo and some really careful concealing of the fact that BJ, Trapper, and Hawkeye are all working at the same place is great. oughhhh going nuts about this.

Thoroughly recommend that anyone who enjoys the verse reads this, it's awesome.

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[bestgullpoll]

Round 1, Side A: Match 4

[Image ID: Two pictures of gulls. The left is a Belcher's gull standing on a rock by the water. The right is a Saunders's gull standing in mud and water. /End ID]

The Belcher's gull (Larus belcheri) is found along the Pacific coast of South America. They typically measure 49 cm (19 in) in length. They have white underparts and head, greyish-black back and wings, yellow legs and feet, and yellow bill with a red and black tip. Their white tail has a distinctive broad black band. Outside of the breeding season, their head is dark with white eye crescents. They feed on fish, crabs, molluscs, and carrion, and seasonally on the eggs and nestlins of seabirds. They have been observed pestering Guanay cormorants until they regurgitate their prey, which the gulls then consume.

The Saunders's gull (Chroicocephalus saundersi) is found in eastern Asia. They are the second smallest gull after the little gull, typically measuring 29-32 cm (11-13 in) in length and 87-91 cm (33-36 in) in wingspan. They have a black hood, white eye crescents, white body, pale grey wings, narrow black tail band, reddish-orange legs, and short black bill. The underside of their wings have black patches at the tips with white leading edges. They feed on mudskippers, crabs, fish, and worms, and steal food from other species of birds. Due to their declining population and dependence on saltmarshes dominated by seepweed, which are being drained for aquaculture, they are listed as vulnerable by the IUCN.

Belcher's gull image by Alastair Rae

Saunders's gull image by lonelyshrimp

[platonickit]

i got tagged by @seepweed to do this (thankies tigs :3) - describe yourself using pictures on your device without taking or downloading new ones

i don't really know anyone to tag; kind of a lone wolf type on here, so a call for anyone interested to do this as well!

(alt texts to follow!)

[paworn]

Sea urchin, Chakhram (seepweed), agar agar, lotus petals - Vilas - 6 October 2022 (at VILAS วิลาศ) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cni8jqYr-mV/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[rjkoehler]

Seepweed covered mudflats, Seongmodo, Ganghwado.

[chintzmann]

That plants of the sea shore pattern is still a work in progress, although moving along nicely. In the meantime I thought I’d share this study page, which I quite like, with you guys :).

[axwalker]

Undeniable Miracle 2: Stranded

I’m participating in the 12 days of Christmas hosted by  @leelee10898 and @emichelle . Thank you so much  💕 💕

Synopsis: Alexis decides to leave Cordonia on Christmas Eve, but she has a car accident in the middle of the woods during a snow storm.

A/N: This AU takes place during Liam’s and Madeleine’s Engagement Tour.

A/N 2: Some vocabulary for the Spanish words.

A/N 3: I’m using the prompt: “If you’re so cold, why didn’t you say something? Come here.” requested by @mskaneko​ 

Fonda: Small Mexican restaurant.

Romeritos:  Tender sprigs of seepweed  which are boiled and served in a mole sauce seasoned with shrimp jerky blended into the mix. Typical additional ingredients include boiled potatoes, nopales and shrimp. They are usually served with bread slices and in tacos

Ensalada de manzana: combination of lettuce, beets, apple, and peanuts in a light orange vinaigrette

Bacalao:  Cod fish prepped with sautee onion, garlic, tomatoes and olives.

Pozole: Tradition Mexican soup made with Hominy, pork and peppers.

Villancicos: Traditional Christmas songs.

Warnings: I can’t think of anything for this chapter but there will be NSFW in future chapters. All my fics are for 18+ ONLY.

Words: 2718

Disclaimer: Characters and settings belong to Pixelberry.

@burnsoslow Thank you so much for beta read and for your encouragement. I love you and appreciate you so much.

The edit of the mood board is the work of beautiful @mskanekoI was dying to use it. I love youuu

When he sees I don't respond, he opens my door. "O'Brien? Are you okay?"

I blink, incapable of forming a coherent sentence. 

"Did you hit your head? You seem lost." Drake kneels in front of me.

Finally, I react. "What are you doing here?" 

"Hello to you too. I asked if you were okay."

"I'm fine. I need to call a tow truck."

"Yeah, right. There are no tow trucks in storms like this, O'Brien." He sighs and asks me to open the car's hood so he can check the engine. Five minutes later, he comes back, and I read his expression. The car is not going anywhere.  

"Sorry, O'Brien, but this car is not going to work for now, and the storm is getting worse. You're going to have to come with me."

I scoff. Drake is insane if he thinks I'll go anywhere with him. I've spent the last two months trying to forget everything about him; I don't need this right now. 

 "I'm sure I can find a way to get to Lythikos by myself."

"Shit, you're so damn stubborn, O'Brien. You aren't anywhere near there. It's about 50 miles away. I guess if your car had kept going about 50 miles through the woods, you might have landed there. Is that what you were trying to do?"

"Bite me, Drake."

"Wow, you really should do something about that attitude of yours." The asshole actually smirked. "I have a cabin a few miles up the road. We can go there and wait out the storm. My truck is parked on the road. I pulled over when I saw the car spinning."

"I'll wait here." 

"You'll wait for what? To freeze to death? Don't be ridiculous; you're coming with me."

I shake my head stubbornly. "I think freezing to death is preferable to going with you. Thank you very much." 

"You don't have much of a choice, O'Brien. I can't fuckin' leave you here. My cell phone doesn't work here, and I'm assuming yours doesn't either or else you'd be on it right now. They're expecting two feet of snow or more. So, I'm sorry if you're pissed at me or whatever, I'm not leaving you here."

I'm well aware that I'm behaving like a petulant, spoiled child, but my wish to make him as angry as I am overcomes all logical thinking. “As I said, I’m not going.”

 "I'm going to have to carry you to my truck then." 

"Carry me? No way. You are not touching me." I grab my phone again, begging my Abuela to send me just a little bit of phone service so I can call Max. 

"Either you get out of that by yourself, or I carry you. You have exactly 30 seconds to decide."

I shut my door and raise my phone, trying to get some signal. Suddenly, Drake opens the door, reaches into the car, and has me scooped up without effort into his arms before I can even protest. I barely have time to grab my purse. 

"Enough of your bullshit. Done," he states, then kicks my door shut and starts to walk up the snowy hill. 

I have no choice but to put my arms around his neck. "Let me go this second Walker!"

Drake stares at me and gently shoves a strand of hair off my face. I'm suddenly aware of how close our faces, our lips, are. Because my heart is stupid and has a mind of its own, it starts beating like crazy. Drake swallows hard, and for a second, I think he's going to kiss me; I'm almost closing my eyes when he speaks.

"Here we are." He puts me back on the ground and opens the door of his old Jeep. 

A bark coming from the backseat startles me.  

"Oh my god! He's beautiful! He looks like a wolf!"

Drake's eyes soften when he pets the animal.

"It's a Tamaskan dog." 

"Hi, boy! You're so cute!"

"He's not supposed to be cute; he's supposed to be terrifying." I turn my head, and I see he's teasing me. I shake my head and keep talking to the dog. "Don't listen to your dad, handsome; you're a cutie pie." 

"I'm not his dad. He's a damn dog, O'Brien." 

I rolled my eyes. "What's his name?" 

"Zeppelin. Get in the Jeep; I'm freezing my ass off out here."

I smirked at him. "I never realized how bossy you are." 

He shakes his head, but I catch the unwilling smile on his face. 

DRAKE

I glance to the seat next to me, still not believing that O'Brien is here, in my Jeep. I try to think of something else besides her maddening fruity scent or the curve of her neck, but I already know that my ability to function like a normal human being disappears when she's around. 

 I can't believe that I'm so fucking stupid to be still hung up on her after what happened in Ramsford. She made perfectly clear who she wanted to be with -- yet here I am, looking at her like a goddamn fool. 

We drive for a few minutes in complete silence. Suddenly a deer jumps out from the woods, right in front of the Jeep. I hear Alexis scream as I swerve, and the truck starts to slide and spin, gaining speed. In a second, I glance at her, throwing one arm across her chest to hold her against the seat when I see she doesn't have her seatbelt on. I try to regain control of the truck but it's not working. I feel the Jeep flying off the road and into the woods, crashing downhill and plowing down small trees, until it finally stops, wedged amongst a bunch of larger trees on the side of a hill. 

"Fuck!" I throw both hands against the steering wheel. "I can't fucking believe this shit!" I turn to O'Brien. "And why the fuck wasn't your seatbelt on?" 

“I thought you could drive!" She looks down at my arm, still holding her, and whispers, "Thank you." 

I rest my head against the wheel and take several deep breaths. "I'm sorry for yelling at you." My voice is level and calm, even if the thought that something could've happened to her while I was driving makes me murderous. "Are you okay?" She nods, still shaken. 

 "You okay, Zeppelin?" The dog whimpers and licks my hand. "That's a good boy. We're all okay." I try to restart the truck, but it's completely dead. I can't believe this; honestly, I just can't.

 "What are we going to do now?" O'Brien asks.

 "Well, we're out of cars, so unless you want to walk or ride the dog to my place, we're stuck here." 

She squints at me. "Sarcasm is the lowest form of wit, Walker."

"But the highest form of intelligence, O'Brien." I wink at her, and she rolls her eyes at me again. I've forgotten how much I loved teasing her. At least, I wish I had forgotten. "We're going to have to just stay put until the plow truck comes by, and we'll have to hitch a ride. Until then, we're in luck because I stopped at the grocery store on the way to the cabin. I have enough things we can eat and drink to keep us going until then. I have a big blanket in the back seat, so we should be able to stay pretty warm. It's really heavy and thick."

I saw the panic in her eyes, so I continued. "Hey, O'Brien, look at me." She raises those fucking beautiful dark eyes and meets my gaze. "I would never let anything happen to you, okay?"

She nods. "Okay. Yes, I know. I just hope we don't get hypothermia.”

"We won't, O'Brien. C'mon, I think we should both sit in the back seat, since there's a lot of room back there, and we can put the blanket over both of us. I think it will help keep us warmer."

She gives me an odd look but nods. "Right. Yes. I think it's the best idea." She climbs over the seat first, and my eyes roam over her perfect body. I suppress the urge to sink my hands in her delicious hips and sit her on my lap. I sigh and call Zeppelin to the front seat, so we have more space. 

"This is nice; it's very roomy," she says as she pulls the cover over both our legs. 

I can see that she's shivering. "If you're so cold, why didn't you say something? Come here." I put my coat on her shoulders, and she smiles at me. Fuck me if I wouldn't do almost anything for that smile. "Where were you going on Christmas Eve? I' would've thought you'd go to the Christmas ball in the palace."

She hesitates for a few seconds, but finally, she answers, "I was going to spend Christmas with Olivia in Lythikos."

I raise my brow in disbelief. "I must have a concussion, O'Brien; I just heard you were headed to Lythikos to spend Christmas with Olivia Nevrakis."  

"I know! Our friendship was … unexpected. At first, we were just trying to figure out who set us up. The whole Tariq thing that you stopped? It was a trap; someone was trying to blackmail both of us." 

I don’t want her to know that I spend every single free minute I have helping Max figure out who set her up. If I ever find the person who sent Tariq to her room that night and scared the shit out of her, I will kill him. 

"Yes, O'Brien, I knew. Liam told me."

She nodded. "Well, we're trying to get to the bottom of it together, so we've been spending a lot of late nights drinking bourbon and talking. She hides it very well under layers of sarcasm and abrasiveness, but she's extremely loyal and has a great heart. Just like you."

"If you compare me to that crazy redhead one more time, you'll be sleeping outside, O'Brien, and I can promise you, it's cold." 

She laughs. "Okay, okay, sorry. I won't do it again."  

I'm about to ask her why she's not spending Christmas with Liam, but she speaks before I can talk. "And you? What are you doing here?"

"I moved to a town close to Lythikos a month ago. I'm opening a veterinary clinic there. This morning I went to supervise the construction site and to get some groceries for the cabin." 

She looks pensive but doesn't say anything for a while. "I hope you're happier here than you were in the palace, Drake,"she finally says, so softly that I almost miss it. 

I take a deep breath because I can't tell her the truth. I can't tell her that I can't be happy now, not after her. When I kissed her that night, I lost everything. She would never be mine, and after that, we couldn’t even be friends anymore.

"Thank you, O'Brien," I reply anyway because I know she's expecting some sort of answer.

 "How did you get Zeppelin?" she asks as she pets my dog, and I swear the traitor's mouth curls up into a little doggy smile. 

"I was running some errands for the clinic when I saw him tied up outside. I came back a few weeks later on a sunny day, and this poor dog is just tied up to a fence on the side of the building with no shade or anything, and I don't even see a water dish or food. So I park my car and check on him, and he's all happy to have someone pet him, tail wagging like mad. There was an old food dish off to the side, but it was empty, and a dish with some dirty water. I went to my house and grabbed some of the toys and food I'd bought for the clinic. I also gave him some water, and he drank three fucking bowls. I felt terrible leaving him. I just had this bad gut feeling, you know?" She nods with misty eyes. "Anyway, I had to go back to Cordonia city after I gave the dog the stuff. To be honest, I kind of forgot about him. But when I came back, O'Brien, it was awful. I honestly think the last time he ate was the food I'd given him. He was nothing but skin and bones, too weak even to stand up. He was just lying there in the dirt with flies buzzing all around him. But when I kneeled in front of him, his little tail wagged a tiny bit. I think he remembered me." 

Tears spring into her eyes. "My God, Drake, what happened?" 

I see how affected she is, so I reach her hand and squeeze it. "An old man came out of the little building and started yelling at me to get off his property. There was just no fucking way I was going to leave him there. I told him that if I ever saw a dog or any other animal on his property ever again, I would fucking kill him. The douchebag just ran back to the house. I took the dog to my cabin. He was dehydrated and almost starved to death, had two ear infections, worms — you name it. We've been together ever since." Zeppelin looks up as if he knows we're talking about him. 

She wipes a tear and caresses Zeppelin's ear. "You named him?"

I shrug. "Best band ever." 

"Ha! You're so predictable, Walker."

 "How do you know my last name? I never gave it to you." 

"I asked Maxwell at the coronation. Why? You don't like it when I call you that? Turnabout's fair play, Walker." She bits her bottom lip; I look away before the impulse to kiss her becomes unbearable, and I do something stupid. Again.  

"Nah, I like it, O'Brien. Calling each other by our last names will be our thing." 

She sighs, not talking for a while. "What is it, O'Brien? I can almost see the wheels turning in your head."

"We're going to spend Christmas Eve here, stranded in the middle of nowhere."

"I know; I'm sorry, O’Brien. Do you usually do something special?"

She looks up to me with so much vulnerability in her pretty face, I find it hard to breathe. I instinctively come close to her because I hate that look in her eyes; I hate even more that I was the one who put put it there with my fucking dumb question. Her mom and grandma are dead; of course it's a sad subject.

 "Not in a long time. It was one of the holidays my mom, my Abuelita and I celebrated together. We didn't really do Halloween because my mom's Fonda was so busy preparing for Dia de Muertos. The day of the dead," she explains.

 "I know, O'Brien. You made me watch Coco with you and Maxwell in Applewood." I can't help but smile at the memory. She forced us to watch the damn movie in Spanish only to hit "pause" at every single scene to translate it and explain the traditions.

 "Well, Coco had it right! They really respected our traditions!" she replied, her eyes shining as they always did when she was excited. "Anyway, my mom worked for most holidays, and I was forced to spend Thanksgiving with my dad, his crazy wife, and her creepy son. So, Christmas was the best. Especially Nochebuena, Christmas Eve. We had this huge dinner where all our neighbors came to the house and brought Mexican dishes. We had everything; bacalao, romeritos, ensalada de manzana, and the best pozole in Brooklyn. We sang villancicos, had a piñata. The whole thing. My abuela took the holidays seriously," she says with a sad smile. 

I might be a fucking fool, but I can't stand seeing her this sad. And, suddenly, I know what to do. "We might not be able to have a traditional Mexican Nochebona ..."

She giggles. "No-che-bue-na, Drake."  

I think I could spend the rest of my life here listening to her speaking Spanish.“Yeah, that.” I watch through the window and when I see that the storm has calmed, I say, “I have an idea; just wait here." 

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[serpercival]

happy halloween!!! get booped!!! hope you'll have a great day and lots of fun (: 🍁🍂🍬🎃👻 <3

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[ramenfallsbutnotudon]

I was doing research for my series and I came across this cool wordpress blog where someone wrote out plants that combat desertification. I haven’t researched any of these yet but it’s a really neat list that I’d like to share with the solarpunk community. 

·   Acacia species : acacia

·  Acca sellowiana : feijao, pineapple guava

·  Actinidia arguta : kiwi

·   Actinidia deliciosa : kiwi

·   Adansonia digitata : baobab

·  Agave americana : century plant

·  Agave mexicana : Mexican aloe

·  Amaranthus spp. : amaranth

·  Annona cherimola : cherimoya

·  Annona muricata : guanabana, soursop, graviola

· Artemisia annua : sweet wormwood

· Artemisia halodendron : wormwood

 Asimina triloba : pawpaw

 Atriplex nummularia : oldman saltbush

Brassica carinata : Ethiopian mustard

Cajanus cajan :     pigeonpea

Calliandra calothyrsa :     calliandra

Caragana microphylla :     littleleaf peashrub

Caryopteris x clandonensis : Blue     beard / Blue mist

Cleome gynandra : African     cabbage, cat’s whiskers

Crocus sativus : saffron     crocus

Cydonia oblonga : quice,     membrillo

Cynara cardunculus var.     scolymus : artichoke   

Cyphomandra betacea : tomato     tree

Dacryodes edulis : safou or     butterfruit

Eleusine coracana : finger     millet, African millet, Ragi

Eriogonum spp. :     wild buckwheat

Garcinia lmivingstonei :      imbe

Gleditsia triacanthos : honey     locust

Hemerocallis spp. –     Daylilies

Hippophae rhamnoides : sea     buckthorn

Hylocereus undatus : dragonfruit

Portulacaria afra :     spekboom, elephant bush

Prosopis cineraria

Rheum palaestinum : Desert     rhubarb

Ricinus communis : castor     plant

Rosmarinus officinalis : rosemary

Salicornia : samphire

Salvadora persica : mustard     bush

Sesamum indicum – sesame

Sclerocarya birrea : marula

Sesbania rostrata

Sesbania sesban

Simmondsia chinensis : jojoba

Solanum scabrum : African     nightshade

Sorghum bicolor:     sorghum, durra, jowari or milo,

Strychnos spinosa : monkey     orange

Suaeda glauca :     seepweed, seablite

Tephrosia candida

Tylosema esculentum : marama

Vigna radiata :     greengram, mung bean

Vigna unguiculata : cowpea,     black-eyed pea

Vitex agnus-castus : chaste     tree

Zizyphus mauritiana : jujub

·  INTA Sequia common bean

·  Ipomoea batatas : sweet potato

·   Irvingia gabonensis : Dika tree

·  Jatropha curcas : Barbados nut, Physic nut

·   Kochia brevifolia : Australian bluebush

·   Lens culinaris : lentils

·  Linum usitatissimum : Flax

·  Lupinus luteus, L. hispanicus and L. cosentinii: lupins

· Mesembryanthemum acinaciforme : Fig-Marigold, Giant Pigface, Hottentot Fig

·  Miscanthus x giganteus : miscanthus

·  Moringa oleifera : Moringa

·  Morus spp. : mulberry

· Oenothera speciosa : Mexican evening primrose (invasive ground cover)

· Opuntia ficus-indica : prickly pear cactus

· Oxytenanthera abyssinica : drought-resistant bamboo

·Panicum virgatum : switchgrass

·Parthenium argentatum : guayule

 Phaeoptilum spinosum : brosdoring

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Bãi biển Đỏ hút khách vào mùa thu

Trên thế giới hiện có khoảng hơn 100 loại cỏ seepweed phát triển ở các vùng đầm lầy. Tuy nhiên, seepweed ở Bàn Cẩm là Suaeda, một loại cỏ hiếm có màu đỏ.

Ngoài bãi biển Đỏ, Bàn Cẩm còn nổi tiếng bởi các sản vật như măng tre và cà ra (một loại cua nước ngọt). Nơi đây còn là nhà của hơn 260 loài chim di trú, gồm cả mòng biển mỏ đen và sếu đầu đỏ quý hiếm. Ảnh: Xinhua Press

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NEW MICROBES DISCOVERED IN THE MARIANA TRENCH, NEW ZEALAND RIVERS AND HUMANS

Monthly, the Microbiology Society publishes the International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology (IJSEM), which details recently discovered species of bacteria, fungi and protists.  Below are a few of the new species which were discovered and the places they have been found. This month new microbes were reported at the deepest portion of the sea; the Mariana Trench.  Sphingomonas profundi was isolated from a marine sediment sample collected on the TS01 hadal trench cruise by the R/V Tan Suo Yi Hao.  The Mariana Trench is the deepest oceanic trench measuring about 2,550 km in length and 69 km in diameter, estimates of depth vary from between 10,984 km to 11,034 km.  This was not the only microbe found in the depths of the sea, researchers found Marinobacter salinexigens from the Mariana Trench.  Unlike the last discovery, this microbe was found in the water column, from a water sample collected at a depth of 9,600 m.

Along with deep sea trenches, a microbe was also found on a seamount this month.  Seamounts are big underwater mountains that rise from the sea floor but don't reach to the water's surface.  Seamounts are usually made from extinct volcanoes.  Researchers found Flavobacterium profundi on the surface of a marine sponge isolated by a seamount in the tropical western Pacific.  The marine sponge has been collected at a depth of 288 m. Several microbes were discovered on creatures this month.  Researchers in New Zealand found Campylobacter novaezeelandiae on bird species and in rivers.  The birds were non-native mallards and starlings.  Campylobacter species are often related to the gastrointestinal tracts of birds, especially chickens, but also have been detected in wild birds which range from albatross into zebra finch. Along with birds, Tibetan Antelope were the origin of numerous new microbes.  1 research team found four new species; Actinomyces wuliandei, Corynebacterium liangguodongii, Corynebacterium yudongzhengii and Oceanobacillus zhaokaii, and yet another group found Nocardioides jishulii.  Both species were isolated from faecal samples. Plants were also the source of microbes that are new this month.  Researchers isolated Flavobacterium alkalisoli in the rhizosphere soil of Suaeda salsa.  Suaeda is a genus of plants called seepweeds and sea-blites.  They are typically found in habitats with a high salt content, such as coastal salt-flats.  Researchers also found Nonomuraea typhae, a new species of endophytic actinomycete.  The new species has been isolated from the root of cattail pollen (Typha angustifolia). 

Researchers also found two new microbes in people this month.  Tannerella serpentiformis was isolated from the mouth, that this genus only has one other species (T. forsythia), which was found in 1986.  The second species was named Parapseudoflavitalea muciniphila, and was isolated by a peritoneal tumour, a rare type of pancreatic cancer which originates in the appendix.