Trich or treat?

This is a continuing documentation of this flagellate. It definitely propels itself forward of it's tail. This example shows clearly how the parasite uses it's locomotive abilities. It is exceptionally fast when first observed, but succumbs quickly to the environmental shock of being under the microscopic glass slide. Unsure of the species identity, but it is roughly the size of a human macrophage, and has a short flagellum concomitant to the main [long] one. I uses the appendage as a feeler.
The camera is in binning mode, which condenses the pixels for higher definition. The microscope is in phase contrast mode at approx. 500X magnification [research grade].

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Education

Tags:

• D. Fragilis
• protozoa
• human parasite
• irritable bowel syndrome
• bad bugs