Incredible Discovery of an Entirely New Organelle That Fixes Nitrogen

Hello and welcome! My name is Anton and in this video, we will talk about a never before seen organelle found in life called nitroplast
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#nitroplast #bacteria #biology

0:00 Complexity of life
0:40 Symbiosis and organelles
2:35 Another organelle from more recent times
3:30 Endosymbiotic theory
4:00 Nitrogen and plants
5:15 New organelle that fixes nitrogen
5:50 Strange organism that possesses this
8:00 Confirmations
8:40 Important organism overall
9:20 Using this for plants?

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Tyler Coale, University of California, Santa Cruz
 Valentina Loconte/Coale et al., Science, 2024

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[NemencioRas]

Imagine mitochondria, chloroplasts and nitroplast, all integrated into one sigle organism. Such organism can thrive anywhere there's water, CO2, N2 and light.

[jounik]

An organelle fixing atmospheric nitrogen is a pretty important find. Kudos to Anton for prompt reporting!

[michaellee]

This is why I love this channel. It's not always about the outer Universe, instead being about the Earth, Life, and it's own mysteries.
Thank You and Stay Wonderful, Anton

[estebanjorquera]

Anton, a small correction, I'm fairly sure that the consensus is that mitochondria were the first endosymbiotic event, considering that this idea is supported by phylogenetic analysis indicating that they are an earlier development. And more importantly, plants/algae have both mitochondria and chloroplasts, in this case, if chloroplasts were first this would mean that mitochondria were assimilated twice, or that we are descended from algae and lost our chloroplasts during evolution.
Anyway, great video!.

[tomholroyd]

4:37 This is the thing with "airponics" or "hydroponics", there are literally thousands of important species in the soil, to the point where the soil is considered to be an organism on its own. Sure, monocultures can exist for a while, but did I mention biodiversity.

In a recent lecture at the NIH a researcher asked the audience, "How many species are involved in the growth of an apple?" Expecting the answer, apple trees, and bees, and maybe some ants, and the researcher interrupted to say, "the answer is, We Don't Know, we are still counting." The soil is alive, it's a biome, fungi, plants, bacteria, archae, and I am reminded EVERY SPRING when the soil wakes up and spews spores into the air

[rickw]

Discoveries like this usually never come to light in mainstream media because it is thought that most consumers aren't interested. Anton begs to differ. Best channel on YouTube!

[CoperliteConsumer]

Omg engineering nitroplast into grain crops like wheat, rice, and corn would be an insane game changer. I mean we could finally use a lot of previously abandoned soils and it would be a revolution equal to the discovering of ammonia and nitrogen fertilizer in the late 1800's.

Wow i hope i live to see that level of jump in our agriculture

[Yaivenov]

A nitroplast enhanced chlorophyll plant sounds like the world's most invasive species just waiting to happen.

[Apeiron]

I want to know who is breaking all the nitrogen in the first place.

[rodylermglez]

This discovery is amazing; a very strong evidence for the theory of endosymbiosis and thus a revolution in biology.
Life is truly weird.

[michaelkennedy]

Once in a while Anton imparts something that fractures my scientific viewpoint and makes me mouth 'wow' at what I'm hearing. This is one of these moments.

[testboga]

I really enjoy your videos! It's so great to have somebody who doesn't just trade in clickbait. Keep it up! 👍

[AlleluiaElizabeth]

The possibilities for plants that could fix their own nitrogen are awesome.

[RED]

Outstanding work!!!putting a lot of very complex information to make sense of our world with significance. Thank you so much!

[JeffMartin]

Hey Anton, thanks for another amazing video, and btw we look forward to hearing your thoughts about the reconnection with Voyager 1. Who can not be astonished that we can reboot and troubleshoot a vintage computer that is 15 billion miles away

[SirCharles]

Mind blown! You did it again Anton! Mother nature never ceases to amaze me! Both Macro and Micro wonders!

[tompowers]

get the best cutting edge really enjoy your content and forward to more

[FirstLast-mlyf]

Thanks for covering inner space as well...

[kamuroshow]

Introducing this nitroplast into plant cells would be a huge gamechanger. The scientist who can pull that off is going to be rich. Very rich

[JohnJStanton]

I have subscriptions to Science and Nature (it is hard to believe how inexpensive you can get it, $50-$75 per year each), but I really absorb what Anton presents much better. There are a few channels where theoretical physicists leave me in the dust when they start to talk about non-locality and Bell’s Theorem, even quantum computing and entanglement can be rough, but Anton is just that perfect speed for me. So, thanks Anton for making science papers and breakthroughs accessible.