Almost nine years ago, I checked a water sample under the microscope and saw so many little things zooming back and forth, like in this clip. When I asked my professor what they were, he said they were bacteria. I never thought bacteria could move—let alone move this fast. I asked a few times throughout the class, and he very kindly confirmed each time that I was looking at bacteria, nothing else. . In a drop of water, you can see many branches of the tree of life: bacteria, archaea, fungi, anim
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This is a gigantic bacterium rolling on my slide in real-time! It's totally harmless to us, just living in the sediment of ponds, and rivers and hoping to be found by James to become micro-famous jist for a day! 😂 . I cannot tell what exactly is the bacterium, and no one can tell that without some molecular work. But I am not really interested in their scientific name, I am rather in love with the way they move. . Can you see that it spirals to move back and forth? That motion is achieved by so
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This is a single-celled organism with an ingested, and still alive, microscopic multicellular organism inside its cell. . The single-celled organism is a Stentor. They can grow a few millimeters in length, the largest one I’ve seen was almost as long as a grain of rice. They feed on all sorts of microscopic organisms, and this one swallowed a multicellular organism, a rotifer with organs, a simple brain, muscles, and even two little eyes. . Single-celled organisms can be incredibly complex witho
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Look at these pretty Paramecium with microscopic crystals in them. Aren’t they so pretty? . Paramecium are common single-celled organisms which can be found in aquatic habitats all over the world. These came from a river. I got so used to finding them, nowadays I rarely stop to take a look at them but when I view them with the polarized light, they reveal their magical-looking crystals. . Each cell contains a few different types of crystals, some calcium and magnesium, but mainly nitrogen compou
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This is a giant bacterium and it’s viewed with one of the best microscope lenses in the world, look at the details! 🤤.This type of bacterium is a common resident of sediment and mud, I find them often and post about them from time to time but never seen them crispier than in this clip..Imagine this bacterium like one of those screws that came with your overly-complicated IKEA table. The screw is just a cylinder with a thread wrapped around it, and they do one simple job; they convert rotational
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Single-called organism eating another one in real-time! #oddlysatisfying #funscience #microcosmos #jamsgerms #art #biologyclass
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Awww such a big stretch! 🥹 . This is a tardigrade, also known as a water bear or moss piglet. They are microscopic multicellular organisms that live in nearly every habitat on Earth where liquid water is present. Many species don’t need a permanent body of water like a lake or river, a thin film of morning dew on moss or lichen is enough. When the sun rises and the water evaporates, they slip into a dormant state and wait patiently for the next drop of moisture to return. . What I find so lovel
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Single celled organisms bites off a chunk from another cell. #biology
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