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Filtrous Field Guide

Nine nudibranchs, nine product lines. Each one solved a lab problem in the sea first. Tap a card for its story.

  • Melibe leonina drawn to scale beside a Filtrous part

    Filtration

    Filters water through its hood.

    Filtration

    Melibe leonina

    Sweeps its hood through the water like a net, trapping particles and letting liquid pass. It filters, the same principle behind every syringe filter we make.

    • Syringe Filters
    • Filter Vials
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  • Glaucus atlanticus drawn to scale beside a Filtrous part

    Extraction

    Keeps only the strongest stinging cells from its prey.

    Extraction

    Glaucus atlanticus

    Hunts the Portuguese man o’war and keeps only its most potent stinging cells, so its sting ends up stronger than its prey’s. Extract what matters and concentrate it.

    • Extraction Kits
    • Plasmid Prep Kits
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  • Stiliger ornatus drawn to scale beside a Filtrous part

    Liquid handling

    Draws out algae cells one at a time.

    Liquid handling

    Stiliger ornatus

    Punctures single algae cells and draws out the contents with precise suction, one cell at a time. Nature’s pipette tip.

    • Pipette Tips
    • Serological Pipettes
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  • Elysia grandifolia drawn to scale beside a Filtrous part

    Cell culture

    Keeps stolen chloroplasts alive for months.

    Cell culture

    Elysia grandifolia

    Steals living chloroplasts from algae and keeps them working inside its own cells for months. A living culture.

    • Cell Culture Plates
    • Cell Culture Flasks
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  • Pteraeolidia ianthina drawn to scale beside a Filtrous part

    PCR & consumables

    Keeps algae replicating inside its body.

    PCR & consumables

    Pteraeolidia ianthina

    Hosts colonies of algae inside its body and keeps them replicating under controlled conditions, copying biological material over and over.

    • PCR Kits
    • 384 Plates
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  • Phyllidia varicosa drawn to scale beside a Filtrous part

    Buffers & solvents

    Stores sponge toxins at just the right concentration.

    Buffers & solvents

    Phyllidia varicosa

    Makes no defenses of its own. It feeds on toxic sponges and stores their compounds at just the right concentration, ready to deploy.

    • Ethanol
    • pH Buffers
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  • Nembrotha cristata drawn to scale beside a Filtrous part

    Sample collection

    Finds one prey species among hundreds.

    Sample collection

    Nembrotha cristata

    Picks out a single prey species among hundreds on a reef and collects it with precision. Locate, identify, collect.

    • VTMs
    • 50 mL Centrifuge Tubes
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  • Aegires hapsis drawn to scale beside a Filtrous part

    PPE & safety

    Wears built-in armor of hard spicules.

    PPE & safety

    Aegires hapsis

    Armored with hard spicules embedded in its skin, a built-in barrier between the animal and its environment.

    • Nitrile Gloves
    • Masks
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  • Chromodoris annae drawn to scale beside a Filtrous part

    Chromatography

    Separates what it needs from a chemical mix.

    Chromatography

    Chromodoris annae

    Feeds on toxic sponges, takes in a complex chemical mixture and separates out what it needs. Chromatography in living form.

    • Autosampler Vial Kits
    • Scintillation Vials
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