DAY 163 SPECIES 163 - Anaerobiospirillum Thomasii STAGE: Bacteria MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek Watercolor. Writech pens. NOTES: Got my colors too mixed and everything become muddy. Happy with the flagella though. Almost reminds me of cherry blossoms. #sciart #watercolor #bacteria #art #paint

DAY 162 SPECIES 162 - Bifidobacterium longum STAGE: Bacteria MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek, HWC & QoR Watercolor. Writech pen B. longum is considered to be one of the earliest colonizers of the gastrointestinal tract of infants. #sciart #watercolor #bacteria #painting #art #paint

DAY 161 SPECIES 161 - Kingella kingae STAGE: Bacteria MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek & QoR watercolor. Tombow colored pencil, Writech pen K. kingae is a species of Gram-negative, facultative anaerobic bacteria that was first isolated in 1960 by microbiologist Elizabeth O. King #sciart #art #paint

DAY 160 SPECIES 160 - Halomonas ilicicola STAGE: Bacteria MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek, QoR & HWC Watercolor. Writech pens H. ilicicola is Gram-negative, heterotrophic, aerobic,and a pale orange-pigment #sciart #watercolor #bacteria #painting #art #paint

DAY 159 SPECIES 159 - Endozoicomonas elysicola STAGE: Bacteria MEDIUM: Arches Paper, Chromatek Watercolor, Writech pen E. elysicola is a Gram-negative, rod-shaped and strictly aerobic bacterium. #sciart #watercolor #bacteria #painting #art #paint

DAY 158 SPECIES 158 - Marinospirillum minutulum STAGE: Bacteria MEDIUM: Arches Paper, Chromatek Watercolor, Writech pen M. minutulum is a helical, halophilic and Gram-negative bacterium. It requires seawater or high salt concentrations for growth #sciart #watercolor #bacteria #painting #art #paint

DAY 157 SPECIES 157 - Microbacterium sp. strain 10M-3C3 STAGE: Bacteria MEDIUM: Arches Paper, QoR & Chromatek Watercolor, Writech pen Microbacterium sp. Strain 10M-3C3 is a Gram-positive, aerobic bacterium with club-shaped cells that form shiny, bright yellow colonies. #sciart #watercolor #paint

DAY 156 SPECIES 156 - Marinomonas arctica STAGE: Bacteria MEDIUM: Arches Paper, QoR Watercolor, Writech pen and Tombow colored pencil M. arctica is a Gram-negative, psychrotolerant and motile bacterium that was isolated from sea ice in the Canadian Basin. #sciart #watercolor #bacteria #art #paint

DAY 155 SPECIES 155 - Aliinostoc magnakinetifex STAGE: Bacteria MEDIUM: Arches Paper. QoR & DS Watercolor. Writech pen A. magnakinetifex is a cyanobacteria characterized by filaments with large, spherical to oval reproductive akinetes cells. #sciart #watercolor #bacteria #painting #art #paint

DAY 154 SPECIES 154 - Gloeothece rupestris STAGE: Bacteria MEDIUM: Arches Paper. HWC & QoR Watercolor. Charsoco pens G. rupestris is a freshwater cyanobacterium that forms gelatinous colonies, and is often found on wet rocks. #sciart #watercolor #bacteria #painting #art #paint

DAY 153 SPECIES 153 - Chromatium okenii STAGE: Bacteria MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek Watercolor. Writech & Kingart pens C. okenii is a large, rod-shaped purple sulfur bacterium that performs anoxygenic photosynthesis. #sciart #watercolor #bacteria #painting #art #paint

DAY 152 SPECIES 152 - Ectothiorhodospira mobilis STAGE: Bacteria MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek, HWC & QoR Watercolor, Pigma Pen E. mobilis was Isolated from salt flats on the Galapagos Islands. #sciart #watercolor #bacteria #painting #art #paint

DAY 151 SPECIES 151 - Snowella lacustris STAGE: Bacteria MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek, HWC & QoR Watercolor, Writech & Kingart pens The name Snowella is a tribute to Julia Warner Snow (1863-1927), an American Phycologist (algae researcher) who made significant contributions to the study of algae

DAY 150 SPECIES 150 - Merismopedia elegans STAGE: Bacteria MEDIUM: Arches Paper, Chromatek & HWC Watercolor, Pigma pen NOTES: The yellow spots are out of focus matter above the subject #sciart #watercolor #bacteria #painting #art #paint

DAY 149 SPECIES 149 - Coxiella burnetii STAGE: Bacteria MEDIUM: Arches Paper, Chromatek Watercolor, Pigma pen NOTES: Switched to Arches paper. Need to set more time aside for painting, keep running out of time 🙃 #sciart #watercolor #bacteria #painting #art #paint

DAY 148 SPECIES 148 - Aliivibrio fischeri STAGE: Bacteria MEDIUM: Chromatek paper. Chromatek & HWC Watercolor A. fischeri is found in marine environments and is famous for its bioluminescence. #sciart #watercolor #bacteria #painting #art #paint

DAY 147 SPECIES 147 - Yersinia artesiana STAGE: Bacteria MEDIUM: Chromatek paper. Chromatek & QoR Watercolor. Charsoco pen #sciart #watercolor #bacteria #painting #art #paint #microbiology

DAY 146 SPECIES 146 - Serratia liquefaciens STAGE: Bacteria MEDIUM: Chromatek Watercolor + paper. Writech +Pigma pens S. liquefaciens is both aerobic and anaerobic. #sciart #watercolor #bacteria #painting #art #paint

DAY 145 SPECIES 145 - Klebsiella granulomatis STAGE: Bacteria MEDIUM: Chromatek Watercolor + paper. Writech Pen, Tombow colored pencil #sciart #watercolor #bacteria #painting #art #paint

DAY 144 SPECIES 144 - Klebsiella pneumoniae STAGE: Bacteria MEDIUM: Chromatek Watercolor + paper K. pneumoniae has been demonstrated to increase crop yields in agricultural conditions. #sciart #watercolor #bacteria #painting #art #paint

DAY 143 SPECIES 143 - Cronobacter sakazakii STAGE: Bacteria MEDIUM: Chromatek paper + Watercolor, Writech pen C. sakazakii is a pathogenic bacteria that can cause illness, primarily among infants younger than two months old. #sciart #watercolor #bacteria #painting #art #paint

DAY 142 SPECIES 142 - Kamptonema animale STAGE: Bacteria MEDIUM: Chromatek paper. Chromatek, HWC, DS + QoR Watercolor K. animale is a freshwater cyanobacterium. It's often found in thermal and stagnant waters but can also be found in wet soils and greenhouses. #sciart #painting #art #paint

DAY 141 SPECIES 141 - Buttiauxella massiliensis STAGE: Bacteria MEDIUM: Chromatek paper + Watercolor. Tombow colored pencils B. massiliensis is a Gram-negative, non-spore-forming, non-motile bacterium isolated from a human bone infection #sciart #watercolor #bacteria #painting #art #paint

DAY 140 SPECIES 140 - Gloeomargarita lithophora STAGE: Bacteria MEDIUM: Chromatek paper + Watercolor. Writech pens G. lithophora is a unicellular, rod-shaped cyanobacterium forming vivid emerald green biofilms. #sciart #watercolor #bacteria #painting #art #paint

DAY 139 SPECIES 139 - Geitlerinema splendidum STAGE: Bacteria MEDIUM: Chromatek paper, QoR+DS Watercolor. Writech + Kingart pens NOTES: Happy how this one turned out G. splendidum is a filamentous cyanobacterium species found in freshwater environments. forming blue-green mats #sciart #art #paint

DAY 138 SPECIES 138 - Prochlorococcus marinus STAGE: Bacteria MEDIUM: Chromatek paper, Chromatek, QoR, DS Watercolor. Writech pen P. marinus is the most abundant cyanobacterium in the world's oceans. #sciart #watercolor #bacteria #painting #art #paint

DAY 137 SPECIES 137 - Limnofasciculus baicalensis STAGE: Bacteria MEDIUM: Chromatek paper, QoR Watercolor. Writech pen L. fusiformis was isolated from the alkaline lake Kondakarla Ava in India with a pH of 8.9 #sciart #watercolor #bacteria #painting #art #paint

DAY 136 SPECIES 136 - limnofasciculus baicalensis STAGE: Bacteria MEDIUM: Chromatek paper + Watercolor. Charsoco pens NOTES: I'll switch to a new paper once my supply runs out. I mistakenly assumed my Chromatek paper would be archive quality because it was acid free 😅 #sciart #watercolor #art

DAY 135 SPECIES 135 - Microcoleus vaginatus STAGE: Bacteria MEDIUM: Chromatek paper + Watercolor. Charsoco pens #sciart #watercolor #bacteria #painting #art #paint

DAY 134 SPECIES 134 - Halothece STAGE: Bacteria MEDIUM: Chromatek paper. QoR + DS Watercolor. Sakura pen Halothece is a unicellular bacteria that thrives in high salt environments, it was not named after my favorite game Halo CE despite the similarities #sciart #bacteria #art #paint #halo #haloce

DAY 133 SPECIES 133 - Cyanocohniella rudolphia STAGE: Bacteria MEDIUM: Chromatek paper. Chromatek + HWC Watercolor. Charsoco pens C. rudolphia is a psychrophilic cyanobacterium found in terrestrial biological soil crusts, known for its complex life cycle & variable morphology #sciart #art #paint

DAY 132 SPECIES 132 - Gloeocapsopsis magma STAGE: Bacteria MEDIUM: Chromatek paper. Chromatek + HWC Watercolor G. magma gained notoriety in the Southeastern United States in the 1990s. This particular bacteria is responsible for creating black stains and streaks on roofs. #sciart #watercolor #art

DAY 131 SPECIES 131 - Gloeotrichia echinulata STAGE: Bacteria MEDIUM: Chromatek watercolor + Paper G. echinulata is a colonial cyanobacterium that forms small, fuzzy, spherical colonies about the size of a pinhead. #sciart #watercolor #bacteria #painting #art #paint #artist #alyk

DAY 130 SPECIES 130 - Gloeotrichia natans STAGE: Bacteria MEDIUM: Chromatek watercolor + Paper. Writech pen, Tombow colored pencil NOTES: This species has an illustration from the 1880s. I referenced that, and more modern microscopic images. Love me some old illustrations #sciart #watercolor #art

DAY 129 SPECIES 129 - Prochloron didemni STAGE: Bacteria MEDIUM: Chromatek Paper. Chromatek, DS, HWC, QoR Watercolor #sciart #watercolor #bacteria #painting #art #paint #artist #biology

DAY 128 SPECIES 128 - Spirillum Volutans STAGE: Bacteria MEDIUM: Chromatek Paper. Chromatek + QoR Watercolor. Writech pen #sciart #watercolor #bacteria #painting #art #paint #microbiology

DAY 127 SPECIES 127 - Scytonematopsis starmachii STAGE: Bacteria MEDIUM: Chromatek Paper. Chromatek, HWC + QoR Watercolor. Writech + Kingart pen #sciart #watercolor #bacteria #painting #art #paint #artist #alyk

DAY 126 SPECIES 126 - Scytonema hofmannii STAGE: Bacteria MEDIUM: Chromatek Paper. Chromatek, HWC + QoR Watercolor. Writech pens S. hoffmannii is a filamentous cyanobacterium. It has firm, yellow-brown sheaths colored by the photoprotective pigment scytonemin. #sciart #watercolor #painting #art

DAY 125 SPECIES 125 - Westiellopsis ramosa STAGE: Bacteria MEDIUM: Chromatek Paper. Chromatek, HWC + QoR Watercolor. Writech pens W. ramosa is an intensely branched cyanobacterium isolated from a freshwater habitat of Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India. #sciart #watercolor #bacteria #painting #art

DAY 124 SPECIES 124 - Cylindrospermum stagnale STAGE: Bacteria MEDIUM: Chromatek Paper. Chromatek, HWC + QoR Watercolor. Writech pens #sciart #watercolor #bacteria #painting #art #paint #artist #alyk

DAY 123 SPECIES 123 - Dolichospermum crassum STAGE: Bacteria MEDIUM: Chromatek Paper. HWC + QoR Watercolor. Writech pen NOTES: Not that I need to be challenged more😄, but I wanted to attempt this specimen that's partially out of focus submerged in the broth #sciart #watercolor #painting #art

DAY 122 SPECIES 122 - Oscillatoria tenuis STAGE: Bacteria MEDIUM: Chromatek Paper. Chromatek+ QoR Watercolor. Writech pen NOTES: I find myself thinking more and more about solving these puzzles of light when I paint. #sciart #watercolor #bacteria #painting #art #paint #artist #alyk

DAY 121 SPECIES 121 - Oscillatoria limosa STAGE: Bacteria MEDIUM: Chromatek Paper. Chromatek, HWC + QoR Watercolor. Charsoco pen NOTES: A bit rushed on tonight's painting but excited to be doing some more Cyanobacteria! 🙂 #sciart #watercolor #bacteria #painting #art #paint #artist #alyk

DAY 120 SPECIES 120 - Ureaplasma urealyticum STAGE: Bacteria MEDIUM: Chromatek Paper. Chromatek, HWC + QoR Watercolor. Charsoco pen #sciart #watercolor #bacteria #painting #art #paint #artist #alyk

DAY - 119 SPECIES 119 - Mycoplasma procyoni STAGE: Bacteria MEDIUM: Chromatek Paper. Chromatek, HWC + QoR Watercolor. Writech pens. #sciart #watercolor #bacteria #painting #art #paint #artist #alyk

DAY - 118 SPECIES 118 - Spiroplasma citri STAGE: Bacteria MEDIUM: Chromatek watercolor + paper. Writech pens #sciart #watercolor #bacteria #painting #art #paint #artist #alyk

DAY - 117 SPECIES 117 - Baekduia alba STAGE: Bacteria MEDIUM: Chromatek paper. Chromatek, QoR watercolor. Writech, Kingart pens #sciart #watercolor #bacteria #painting #art #paint #artist #alyk

DAY 116 SPECIES 116 - Geodermatophilus pulveris STAGE: Bacteria MEDIUM: Chromatek watercolor + paper, Writech pen G. pulveris A black-pigmented, aerobic actinobacterium, tolerant to ionizing radiation, was isolated from desert limestone dust in Tunisia. #sciart #watercolor #painting #art #paint

DAY 115 SPECIES 115 - Microbacterium alkaliflavum STAGE: Bacteria MEDIUM: Chromatek paper, Chromatek and QoR Watercolor, Writech pens M. alkaliflavum is a newly proposed bacterial species, isolated from mangrove sediments. #sciart #watercolor #bacteria #painting #art #paint #artist #alyk

DAY 114 SPECIES 114 - Sphaerisporangium rhizosphaerae STAGE: Bacteria MEDIUM: Chromatek paper, Chromatek + QoR Watercolor. Charsoco + Kingart Pens NOTES: Experimenting on this one S. rhizosphaerae an actinomycete isolated from the rhizosphere soil of a rubber tree #sciart #bacteria #painting #art