Climacostomum Cell division

[Javier]

Yesterday I found a Climacostomum on a cell division process. I found very interesting to observe the elongated shape of the ciliate, two arrangement of cilia, the contractile vacuole in its center and the macro nucleus extended across the cell. I made several videos and then selected three individual frames. The DF one is showing the last second prior to cell division.

[Wes]

Interesting find!

[Javier]

Thank you, Wes!

It was indeed very interesting to observe the whole process.

[charlie g]

Great still frames, thank you for sharing, Javier. Your images have strong textures, the running video must be fantastic. charlie g.

[Javier]

Thank you, Charlie!

Those videos are nice indeed, I will take some time to edit them.