Nematode in the Weep

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Uploaded by on Jan 23, 2007

At 100x, a bacteria-eating Nematode from the Weep stream. Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Reserve, near Drawbridge, the Weep site.

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  • This Nematode is classified by it's bilateral symmetry,it's pseudocoelonate, and it's non-segmented nature. It also has a complete digestive tract.

  • May I encourage you to go further with the taxonomy...? This nematode was found in a salt marsh pond with high salinity. Although taxonomy by picture is a chancy game, I am confident that I have frequently seen salt marsh nematodes of the same size and general anatomy. In some still pictures, it was possible to see bacteria recently ingested [these environments are very rich in bacteria]. Unfortunately, my experience with nematodes is limited to lab-rat C. elegans and Steinernema species.

  • WTF! it moves so fast! and cool!

  • I urge viewers of this "wild" bacteria-eating salt marsh nematode to also view the stunning videomicrographs: "a worm hatches" by pereztp [C. elegans - a laboratory critter]; and, "C. elegans", by Shigin1512. Those videomicrographs use Nomarski optics at high magnification, so the detail is excellent.

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  • ka-loo ka koo!!!!

  • Good!

  • NEMATODE

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