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- Thu Mar 28, 2024 3:41 pm
- Forum: Pictures and Videos
- Topic: Adding Carrot Peelings
- Replies: 0
- Views: 18
Adding Carrot Peelings
The biome was getting a little sleepy so I added a handful of carrot peelings. Rich in sugar, the carrot encourages rapid growth. In one day the population vastly increased. The range of species present is still pretty narrow. Disposal of my garbage does not generate a lot of range. I will have to w...
- Wed Mar 27, 2024 10:54 pm
- Forum: Pictures and Videos
- Topic: Internet Problem
- Replies: 6
- Views: 304
Re: Internet Problem
I found my old file and can use the password I know from then. I am back! Thanks for your wonderful support.
- Wed Mar 27, 2024 10:25 pm
- Forum: Pictures and Videos
- Topic: Under the 1/24 ice , mesocosm collection.
- Replies: 26
- Views: 1239
Re: Under the 1/24 ice , mesocosm collection.
This is an epic! Congratulations.
- Wed Mar 27, 2024 7:29 pm
- Forum: Pictures and Videos
- Topic: The Bi-Modal Tomato
- Replies: 0
- Views: 21
The Bi-Modal Tomato
The fruit of the tomato plant is among the most liquid of fruits. At the core of the fruit is a stiff well-organized cell structure. But just a few millimeters from the core the cells become much larger and much less regular in shape.
https://youtu.be/cRoK5Hrwmus
https://youtu.be/cRoK5Hrwmus
- Wed Mar 27, 2024 4:10 pm
- Forum: Pictures and Videos
- Topic: Maturing Biome
- Replies: 0
- Views: 27
Maturing Biome
The vegetable material is distributed nearly uniformly over the surface of the water sample. The usual classes of active protists are plentiful. There are many organisms (or things that look like organisms) that do not move much. I don't see a lot of bacteria now.
https://youtu.be/Hm6-2d5uJFQ
https://youtu.be/Hm6-2d5uJFQ
- Tue Mar 26, 2024 8:24 pm
- Forum: Pictures and Videos
- Topic: Old Carrot horizontal Peeling and Vertical Slice
- Replies: 0
- Views: 37
Old Carrot horizontal Peeling and Vertical Slice
These are horizontal and vertical thin cuts from a carrot made some hours ago. Cell membrane and walls are visible but the cells are drying so they are distorted.
https://youtu.be/JnmFQ_qnAPc
https://youtu.be/JnmFQ_qnAPc
- Mon Mar 25, 2024 5:03 pm
- Forum: Pictures and Videos
- Topic: A Messy Trip
- Replies: 0
- Views: 79
A Messy Trip
The water sample was a little too deep on this trip. The lens kept hitting the cover glass. But some of the images were worth seeing. There was an an interesting variety of protists, This mudpuddle is becoming a visual feast.
https://youtu.be/JqY5ZRiSuG4
https://youtu.be/JqY5ZRiSuG4
- Mon Mar 25, 2024 4:01 pm
- Forum: Pictures and Videos
- Topic: Microbe Grab
- Replies: 0
- Views: 82
Microbe Grab
I didn't get a rich haul on this trip. Many of the organisms looked pretty quiet. I suspect that some of them were of an unmoving type.
https://youtu.be/ob2zVBkqMmA
https://youtu.be/ob2zVBkqMmA
- Sun Mar 24, 2024 7:19 pm
- Forum: Pictures and Videos
- Topic: Tomato Seed Support Tissue
- Replies: 0
- Views: 93
Tomato Seed Support Tissue
The tomato seed itself is very difficult to cut, It's surprisingly hard and the fluid around it makes it hard to stabilize. The cells that surround the seed have a special interest because the seed is suspended in a slippery gelatin. The gelatin itself is not liquid. It has a flexible cell structure...
- Sun Mar 24, 2024 6:07 pm
- Forum: Pictures and Videos
- Topic: Notholca rotifer
- Replies: 3
- Views: 247
Re: Notholca rotifer
Really fine pictures.
- Sun Mar 24, 2024 4:52 pm
- Forum: Pictures and Videos
- Topic: Bubbles in the Water Surface
- Replies: 0
- Views: 89
Bubbles in the Water Surface
Masses of protists in the biofilm produce foamy bubbles in the medium. The film is composed of water molecules and digested vegetation. Protists move about absorbing nutrition.
https://youtu.be/8Lc43IjQtdU
https://youtu.be/8Lc43IjQtdU
- Sun Mar 24, 2024 3:52 pm
- Forum: Pictures and Videos
- Topic: Looking for a Lump
- Replies: 0
- Views: 76
Looking for a Lump
Any bit of vegetation attracts masses of protists. When I probed the puddle water in my jar I found masses swirling around in the water. I picked up about 3 square mm here.
https://youtu.be/zCVjQRM6RkM
https://youtu.be/zCVjQRM6RkM
- Sat Mar 23, 2024 7:40 pm
- Forum: Pictures and Videos
- Topic: A Populated Spot
- Replies: 0
- Views: 92
A Populated Spot
The biome is a complicated environment. Bits of vegetation stay isolated in particular areas and different areas have different rates of population. Even though there are no physical barriers, different areas seem to populate separately.
https://youtu.be/Uv3MG-nq9FY
https://youtu.be/Uv3MG-nq9FY
- Sat Mar 23, 2024 4:11 pm
- Forum: Pictures and Videos
- Topic: Leaf Removed from Stagnant Pool
- Replies: 0
- Views: 96
Leaf Removed from Stagnant Pool
The leaf was drawn from stagnant water after a week. Organisms had modified the cell structure although the basic substructure of the leaf was still integrated.
https://youtu.be/Lj7eT1pskzE
https://youtu.be/Lj7eT1pskzE
- Fri Mar 22, 2024 7:16 pm
- Forum: Pictures and Videos
- Topic: A Start
- Replies: 0
- Views: 98
A Start
A few days after I added new muddy water to the biome, a family of protists emerged. They are much the same as previous groups. But they are increasing in number and variety every day. No biofilm has yet formed. It may take a few days yet.
https://youtu.be/fc0XTsutQu8
https://youtu.be/fc0XTsutQu8
- Fri Mar 22, 2024 5:10 pm
- Forum: Pictures and Videos
- Topic: Cells in a Cut-off Stem
- Replies: 0
- Views: 87
Cells in a Cut-off Stem
This tissue had been at the end of a new seeker branch drying on the floor of a pot on the shelf. You can see how complex the cells are. Now the branch ends in dead tissue.
https://youtu.be/k_WWme9PIxo
https://youtu.be/k_WWme9PIxo
- Thu Mar 21, 2024 3:40 pm
- Forum: Pictures and Videos
- Topic: Organisms at First Sight
- Replies: 0
- Views: 96
- Thu Mar 21, 2024 3:16 pm
- Forum: Pictures and Videos
- Topic: At The Beginning of a Colony
- Replies: 0
- Views: 87
- Wed Mar 20, 2024 4:28 pm
- Forum: Pictures and Videos
- Topic: New Start for the Mudpuddle
- Replies: 0
- Views: 110
New Start for the Mudpuddle
I started a new sample added to the mudpuddle. I added new vegetation to an older sample. It is starting but not from scratch.
https://youtu.be/hlnCJWZVsPs
https://youtu.be/Zn4kil0K_5M
https://youtu.be/hlnCJWZVsPs
https://youtu.be/Zn4kil0K_5M
- Wed Mar 20, 2024 3:28 pm
- Forum: Pictures and Videos
- Topic: A Long Slim Weed
- Replies: 0
- Views: 80
A Long Slim Weed
This grass was slowly drying on the lawn. It was intact and the cells were in good shape.
https://youtu.be/SsJdafSVJt8
https://youtu.be/SsJdafSVJt8
- Tue Mar 19, 2024 8:41 pm
- Forum: Pictures and Videos
- Topic: Still Growing in Biofilm
- Replies: 0
- Views: 105
Still Growing in Biofilm
The microbes have partially digested the vegetation but can't seem to make it all disappear. The development of the biome seems stilted. This may be as far as it goes.
https://youtu.be/sQaCZ07dwlE
https://youtu.be/dKyFMVHo2mU
https://youtu.be/sQaCZ07dwlE
https://youtu.be/dKyFMVHo2mU
- Tue Mar 19, 2024 4:41 pm
- Forum: Pictures and Videos
- Topic: Big Cells
- Replies: 0
- Views: 129
- Tue Mar 19, 2024 3:18 pm
- Forum: Miscellaneous
- Topic: The Place of Value in a World of Fact
- Replies: 3
- Views: 347
Re: The Place of Value in a World of Fact
We are brothers! I'm thrilled. But you are a lot more sophisticated than I. I have been thinking about these things all my life but I'm too lazy to read. Please keep in touch.
- Mon Mar 18, 2024 4:34 pm
- Forum: Pictures and Videos
- Topic: Biofilm after 3 or 4 weeks
- Replies: 0
- Views: 104
Biofilm after 3 or 4 weeks
Don Schaeffer
BIOFILM AFTER 3 OR 4 WEEKS
(finding my way back on line)
https://youtu.be/X0w69C5Ha4Q
https://youtu.be/SA-mIcF9vHc
BIOFILM AFTER 3 OR 4 WEEKS
(finding my way back on line)
https://youtu.be/X0w69C5Ha4Q
https://youtu.be/SA-mIcF9vHc
- Mon Mar 18, 2024 2:48 pm
- Forum: Miscellaneous
- Topic: The Place of Value in a World of Fact
- Replies: 3
- Views: 347
The Place of Value in a World of Fact
In a previous discussion the subject of does life imply some kind of awareness came up. I know it's a kind of taboo subject among scientists who want to keep their precious distance. But the subject came up. I don't know what awareness means really--it has something to do with a process of making de...
- Sun Mar 17, 2024 11:52 pm
- Forum: Pictures and Videos
- Topic: The Current Biofilm
- Replies: 4
- Views: 195
Re: The Current Biofilm
Thanks Free2Fish. It's a very low standard for success. But I'm working on it.
- Sun Mar 17, 2024 8:38 pm
- Forum: Pictures and Videos
- Topic: The Current Biofilm
- Replies: 4
- Views: 195
Re: The Current Biofilm
Thanks. It is very much a work in progress. You tube wouldn't take the file of a dozen pictures or so. It just referred back to You Tube. When I tried to upload to You Tube, the software only took one sequence (out of a dozen). Then when I tried it again to upload the whole thing, I got an error say...
- Sun Mar 17, 2024 8:00 pm
- Forum: Pictures and Videos
- Topic: The Current Biofilm
- Replies: 4
- Views: 195
- Sun Mar 17, 2024 7:14 pm
- Forum: Pictures and Videos
- Topic: Internet Problem
- Replies: 6
- Views: 304
Re: Internet Problem
Wow! Thanks a lot. I didn't know you could do that. With the aid of my son, I did find the old software just this afternoon and installed it. I think I'm back. If it doesn't work--or even if it does, I will try to get back up this afternoon. Thank God for friends and family.
- Sun Mar 17, 2024 3:31 pm
- Forum: Morphology and Behavior
- Topic: Do we always know when a microbe is eating?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1623
Re: Do we always know when a microbe is eating?
What do microbes use as "teeth?"