Ride of the MMB's

And now, by popular demand - The musical:

Bucket enrichment of multicellular magnetotactic bacteria from the Sippewisset salt marsh in Woods Hole, MA. Video captured during the 2009 Microbial diversity summer course at MBL, Woods Hole.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• MMB;
• Magnetotactic;
• Bacteria;
• Microbial
• Diversity;
• Woods
• Hole;
• Wagner;
• Ride
• of
• the
• valkyries;
• Die
• Walkürenritt

[orrhshapiro]

Hey isaacild,

this was done in a hanging droplet. MMBs don't respond well to wet mount, probably because of their size and helical swimming trajectory. You have to give them some depth to swim in.

Good luck with you magnetos' I always find them fun to play with, no matter what species your looking at.

[isaacild]

Hello OrrShapiro, its a gr8 video. I was wondering if you used a wet mount or hanging drop. I am also cultivating similar species but the ones I am using are unicellular. Captured some videos but not upto the mark. Any response would be greatly appreciated.

[professorlang]

Awesome! Thanks for posting it! Miss you guys!!!