Bacteria maybe?

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Bacteria maybe?

#1 Post by JimT » Fri Dec 12, 2014 8:49 pm

Can find no reference to a protest this small. Fast moving about 5 um's long. Image taken with 40x obj. and 3MP USB camera. Thanks for any suggestions. JimT
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Re: Bacteria maybe?

#2 Post by Oliver » Tue Dec 16, 2014 11:01 am

Hello,
Bacteria are unlikely, because an internal structure is visible. Most bacteria do not have internal structures visible with light microscopes (except PHB deposits or endospores).
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Re: Bacteria maybe?

#3 Post by JimT » Tue Dec 16, 2014 7:28 pm

Oliver, thanks. Any guess as to what it might be. JimT

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