{"id":1475,"date":"2026-03-18T15:22:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T14:22:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.uni-bremen.de\/funecol2026\/?p=1475"},"modified":"2026-03-18T15:22:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T14:22:10","slug":"fla-ps-making-microbes-glow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uni-bremen.de\/funecol2026\/2026\/03\/18\/fla-ps-making-microbes-glow\/","title":{"rendered":"FLA-PS: Making Microbes Glow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"image-result__image aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/tse3.mm.bing.net\/th\/id\/OIP.A_HiPRF2qrIIR1h8g1av3QHaC0?pid=Api\" alt=\"FITC-labelled polysaccharides\" width=\"687\" height=\"261\" data-v-2de64251=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\">https:\/\/www.sigmaaldrich.com\/deepweb\/assets\/sigmaaldrich\/marketing\/global\/images\/technical-documents\/articles\/cell-culture-and-analysis\/imaging-analysis-and-live-cell-imaging\/fitc-dextran\/fitc-dextran.jpg<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Ever wondered how scientists figure out what tiny microbes are eating in the ocean? That\u2019s where FLA-PS (Fluorescent Labelled Polysaccharides) come in. These are basically \u201cglowing snacks\u201d for microbes. Scientists attach a fluorescent tag to natural sugars, so when microbes consume them, they light up under a microscope.<\/p>\n<p>This makes it much easier to see who\u2019s eating what and how for example organic matter is broken down in aquatic ecosystems. It\u2019s like turning invisible processes into something we can actually watch in real time. So, with FLA-PS, ecologists can better understand carbon cycling and the roles microbes play in ecosystems.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>https:\/\/www.sigmaaldrich.com\/deepweb\/assets\/sigmaaldrich\/marketing\/global\/images\/technical-documents\/articles\/cell-culture-and-analysis\/imaging-analysis-and-live-cell-imaging\/fitc-dextran\/fitc-dextran.jpg Ever wondered how scientists figure out what tiny microbes are eating in the ocean? That\u2019s where FLA-PS (Fluorescent Labelled Polysaccharides) come in. These are basically \u201cglowing snacks\u201d for microbes. Scientists attach a fluorescent tag to natural sugars, so when microbes consume them, they light up under a microscope. This makes it much easier to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16790,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1475","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-flaps"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uni-bremen.de\/funecol2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1475","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uni-bremen.de\/funecol2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uni-bremen.de\/funecol2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uni-bremen.de\/funecol2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16790"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uni-bremen.de\/funecol2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1475"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uni-bremen.de\/funecol2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1475\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1476,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uni-bremen.de\/funecol2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1475\/revisions\/1476"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uni-bremen.de\/funecol2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1475"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uni-bremen.de\/funecol2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1475"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uni-bremen.de\/funecol2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1475"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}