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Many thanks, Bruce.
Thank you all.

60x objective + 2.5x photoeyepiece + dic
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Thank you so much Bruce.

You're so awesome.
Yes, It's from wet moss.
It's about 150um~ 160um length and 50um ~ 60um width.

40x objective + dic

Thanks, 75RR.

60x, 100x objective.

Awesome video , Luis.

Bruce Taylor wrote: ↑

Sun May 16, 2021 12:34 pm

Yes, beautiful! Of course, all ciliates are beautiful.

This one is probably Ophryoglena (ovoid cell, two contractile vacuoles on one side, constant rotation). I couldn't find the mouth, though, so I can't confirm it.

Thank you so much Bruce.

20x objective + dic
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Oh, I just saw your video on YouTube...but under a different name, so I didn't recognize you. :) It's a species of Amphileptus . It has multiple contractile vacuoles, on both the dorsal and ventral edges, and a small fan of extrusomes (toxicysts) on the tip of the proboscis. Thank you so much Bruce...

40x objective + dic
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Another Very Nice Image.

Another beautifully clear video. You have an impressive ability to record ciliates! This is certainly in Oxytrichidae, but I'm not convinced it is in genus Oxytricha . We see marginal cirri, joining posteriorly, two macronuclei, ventral cirri in a typical oxytrichid pattern. We don't see the full u...

40x objective + dic
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Thanks 75RR, Jimbo.

Thanks, Michael.

100x objective + dic
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Thank you all.

100x objective + dic
I don't know the exact name of the microorganism.
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Very nice video.

Very Very Beautiful image.

Thanks, Wes and Greg.

100x objective + dic
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That's truly gorgeous! As I understand it, Saccamoeba has a nucleus with a prominent nucleolus (giving it the appearance of a fried egg), while the nucleus of this guy seems hollow. Is it possible that this is Trichamoeba ? Based on the shape and size of the nucleus, I think you're right. Thank you...

Thanks, ImperatorRex.

Thanks, Luis.

40x objective
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Thanks, Greg.

Very interesting video.