FlexCrust-TRSV_1000x_8945.AVI

This videomicrograph, taken at 1000x magnification, shows a Dinoflagellate moving in a hydrated fragment of flexible dried soil crust from near Trona Reef in Searle's Valley, CA. The fragment of crust was hydrated in dilute seawater of about 15-PPT salinity. In desert ecological systems, many microorganisms enter into a state of cryptobiosis when the soil completely dries out and can remain in this state for long periods of time. Hydration of the dried soil restores metabolism.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Dinoflagellate
• desert
• cryptobiotic
• microbiology
• microscopy

[twothlesswonder]

Thanks for uploading when you do!

Seen plenty of these guys in my aquarium filter mulm. You can just barely see the flagellum here. It's neat to see them when they are traveling across the field of view...