Small stalked organisms
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Small stalked organisms
In my grass culture I'm still finding some large ciliates that are not moving. Today I found a loose colony of stalked organisms attached to some debris. They were joined briefly by a full sized rotifer which made comparison easy. Anybody have an idea what these stalked organisms are?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CusR7qdKr_k
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Re: Small stalked organisms
Nice find! The little stalks guys are peritrich ciliates, probably in the genus Opercularia.
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Re: Small stalked organisms
Thanks Bruce. I've been seeing a lot of these, many dormant. I kept thinking they were rotifers until I saw the comparison side by side.