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Help with ciliate ID
Help with ciliate ID
From the Milwaukee River in SE WI.
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Bruce Taylor
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Re: Help with ciliate ID
For starters, it's not a ciliate. 
It seems to be a stramenopile alga of some kind (not my bailiwick...I hope someone else can help.
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It seems to be a stramenopile alga of some kind (not my bailiwick...I hope someone else can help.
).Re: Help with ciliate ID
Hi Bruce,
Thanks for your help. I'll search for information on stramenopiles and see what I can find. It appears there are a considerable number of different species of these yet this is the first one I've seen in several years of samples viewed.
Mike
Thanks for your help. I'll search for information on stramenopiles and see what I can find. It appears there are a considerable number of different species of these yet this is the first one I've seen in several years of samples viewed.
Mike
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Bruce Taylor
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Re: Help with ciliate ID
For what it's worth, I suggested a stramenopile alga (chrysophytes, Synurophyceae, etc.) because of the golden colour of the chloroplast, and because the spiny processes reminded me a bit of Mallomonas. However, I am not very good at identifying photosynthetic organisms! 
Re: Help with ciliate ID
Hi Bruce,
Well, you're way ahead in this game than I am and in a much better position to give guidance. All of your comments (and critiques) are geatly appreciated. As a quantitative psychologist prefessionally, I'm probably in the place of your former self when you were starting out in this years ago. I'm at the stage where I have the interest, but am a bit overwhelmed at the complexity of the task especially as it involves the technical aspects of microscopy and photography as well as substantive knowledge of all of the micro life I see. So, slow and steady will hopefully win the race.
Mike
Well, you're way ahead in this game than I am and in a much better position to give guidance. All of your comments (and critiques) are geatly appreciated. As a quantitative psychologist prefessionally, I'm probably in the place of your former self when you were starting out in this years ago. I'm at the stage where I have the interest, but am a bit overwhelmed at the complexity of the task especially as it involves the technical aspects of microscopy and photography as well as substantive knowledge of all of the micro life I see. So, slow and steady will hopefully win the race.
Mike