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Uploaded by on Aug 5, 2008

Phase contrast, reversed. Shows internal detail and a large contractile vacuole. Modified Logitech QuickCam Pro 4000; magnification on screen ~2000X

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  • Sulphur spirilla

  • is that little green guy on the left spinning a flagellum? If he is, he ain't getting too much propulsion out of it.

  • The small curved rotating micro-organism is a bacterium. The preparation has large numbers of large sulphur bacteria as well as many other kinds. The one you refer to is stuck to the cover slip by it's flagellum. Most bacterial flagella are too thin to be resolved by ordinary light microscopy.

  • great clip! I even like the dancing flagellates surrounding the amoeba...

  • Those slightly helical things are bacteria. Magnification is at least 1800X on the YouTube screen.

  • Holy shit! That's one small amoeba. The ones I'm use to seeing are waaay bigger.

    Is this done with oil immersion?

  • It's actually very big. A 40x dry phase contrast objective was used and final magnification on the screen may be about 1800x but that's only a guess. I can do some measurements on the YouTube screen I suppose but have not bothered so far.

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  • I think its Hawt

  • Awesome microscope

  • Why ugly? I think she's cute. R those spirochetes?

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