Another Marine Nematode (ruler straight)

[75RR]

Plan 16x/0.35, DIC, 1160µm long, 5 stack stitch in Photoshop

Looked a little thin on its own so I cloned him

[vasselle]

Bonjour
Superbe
Cordialement seb

[75RR]

Many thanks vasselle

[coominya]

At 1000um it would seem possible that you could "curl" it up yourself, like with a fine needle say. Have you ever manipulated a subject thus 75?

[75RR]

Thanks coominya.

At 1000um it would seem possible that you could "curl" it up yourself, like with a fine needle say. Have you ever manipulated a subject thus 75?

My first thought is that even though 1000µm may seem a lot it is only 1mm - then I got to wondering exactly how small were the diatom needles made by heating 1.5mm capillary tubes (pulled glass).

Here is an image that Charles posted in this interesting thread: Doing Diatoms a Different Way viewtopic.php?f=10&t=4227

Not sure how long Pleurosigma get, mine ( viewtopic.php?f=6&t=6112 ) is just over 200µm so perhaps it is possible.



No, I have never tried diatom manipulation but here is a link if you are thinking on it: https://www.diatomsireland.com/micromanipulator-intro/