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Paramecium eating pigmented yeast Posted by: wxfix
Video duration: 119 seconds As the paramecium stuffs itself with a meal of pigmented yeast, vacuoles form. As food particles are digested by acidic enzymes, the congo red will reveal the pH drop-color will shift from a more alkaline red, to a more acidic blue. "Thanx for the info Faye...LLM" Related: paramecium, protozoa |
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Elodea Cytoplasmic Streaming Posted by: wxfix
Video duration: 151 seconds About 10-15 minutes after preparing a wet mount of an elodea leaf, evaporation of some of the water makes it possible to see chloroplasts in motion inside of the cytoplasm. "Cytoplasmic streaming" is defined as the movement of the fluid substance (cytoplasm) within a plant or animal cell. This is the mechanism for the transport of nutrients Related: cytoplasmic, elodea, streaming |
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Euglena Posted by: wxfix
Video duration: 36 seconds Euglena was my very first favorite protozoa. They have what I would call the best of both worlds. Chloroplasts in which they perform photosynthesis, and they are also quite capable of eating small bacteria. This little movies illustrates the presence of its flagella and red eyespot; a more highly developed photosensitive area on the body, than its chloroplasts. Related: protozoa |
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A. proteus (extended) Posted by: wxfix
Video duration: 212 seconds Our friend A. proteus Related: a., proteus, protozoa |
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Euglena wide shot Posted by: wxfix
Video duration: 103 seconds This is a 10x objective of Euglena, with a cameo appearance by Bodonidae. Related: euglena, protozoa |
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Binary fission Euglena Posted by: wxfix
Video duration: 192 seconds This is a few minutes of the late stages of euglena undergoing binary fission. Flagellate formed, but animals moved away before final separation occurred Related: binary, euglena, fission, protozoa |
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Euglenas Posted by: wxfix
Video duration: 40 seconds A bunch of euglena acus Related: euglena, protozoa |
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Triple conjugate part II Posted by: wxfix
Video duration: 141 seconds This behavior of the triple conjugates of blepharisma I haven't figured out. It could possible be that this could be during the later stages of the process. Related: blepharisma, conjugation, protozoa |
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Development of Cannibal Giants Posted by: wxfix
Video duration: 149 seconds Includes the developing morphology of cannibal giants in blepharisma. Included are images of protozoa inside of the food vacuoles in some of the animals. Related: blepharisma, cannibal, giant, morphology, protozoa |
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Euglena (the extended version) Posted by: wxfix
Video duration: 84 seconds a couple more clips added Related: euglena, protozoa |
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Oscillatoria Posted by: wxfix
Video duration: 101 seconds Movement of oscillatoria Related: cyanobacteria, oscillatoria |
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Chlamydomonas Posted by: wxfix
Video duration: 174 seconds We have an extended version of Chlamydomonas, mostly shot with a 100x objective. Related: chlamydomonas, protozoa |
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Triple Conjugates Posted by: wxfix
Video duration: 166 seconds Blepharisma tend to create multiple pair and triple conjugates when immersed in stressed environments. Related: blepharisma, conjugation, protozoa |
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Ultimate Proto Party! Posted by: wxfix
Video duration: 54 seconds A compilation of protozoa Related: protozoa |
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Paramecium Posted by: wxfix
Video duration: 29 seconds contractile vacuole in action on paramecium Related: contractile, paramecium, protozoa, vacuole |
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Gastrotrichiae Posted by: wxfix
Video duration: 31 seconds Feeding on bacteria and other primordial ooze Related: gastrotrich |
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Chlamydomonas Posted by: wxfix
Video duration: 19 seconds Chlamydomonas r. Related: chlamydomonas, protozoa |
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Colpoda 400x Posted by: wxfix
Video duration: 35 seconds It's pretty self explained Related: protozoa |
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Ultimate Proto Party Part II Posted by: wxfix
Video duration: 100 seconds 2nd half of compilation of various protozoa Related: protozoa |
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Water Mite (Nymph stage) Posted by: wxfix
Video duration: 103 seconds This is the one I had uploaded previously as a water bear. I would like to give special thanks to: Gina, Libby, Frank and Frank, who were very instrumental in the identification of our "mystery creature" Related: insect |
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Binary fission Blepharisma Posted by: wxfix
Video duration: 36 seconds The latter stages of binary fission of blepharisma Related: binary, blepharisma, fission, protozoa |
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Peranema 400x Posted by: wxfix
Video duration: 40 seconds Lovely imagery of perenema being themselves. Related: protozoa |
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Stressed Spirostomum intermedium Posted by: wxfix
Video duration: 40 seconds Stressed spirostomum intermedium feeding Related: intermedium, protozoa, s. |
























