The filament is made of many cells, each "coin" shaped. Each transverse ridge marks the edge of a cell. Since these are bacteria, the DNA is "naked" rather than being in chromosomes. The chlorophyll is not organized in chloroplasts, but as loose "plates" like the inside of chloroplasts. These guys have been moving like this for 3.5-billion years. They created our oxygen atmosphere we breathe today.
hey thats pretty cool!
ladyEulaelie 2 years ago
Cool!
pablogm1976 3 years ago
Nice video! A question: that huge filament is just one cell or many cells? How are they organized?
Ellaeis 4 years ago
The filament is made of many cells, each "coin" shaped. Each transverse ridge marks the edge of a cell. Since these are bacteria, the DNA is "naked" rather than being in chromosomes. The chlorophyll is not organized in chloroplasts, but as loose "plates" like the inside of chloroplasts. These guys have been moving like this for 3.5-billion years. They created our oxygen atmosphere we breathe today.
WLanier 3 years ago
it looks like an island
networkbug 4 years ago
wicked :)
mustang4010 4 years ago