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These little critters were huddled and vibrating around a dead microscopic crustacean. This is at approximately 3000x at the highest zoom in the video. Bacteria of some sort?

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Thanks!

Fantastic. Thank you!

Bruce Taylor wrote: ↑

Thu Jun 02, 2022 12:18 pm

Yes, this is binary fission. The ciliate is a species of Frontonia, likely F. acuminata. A dark pigment spot is visible in the anterior divider (proter).

Just to close this out, as I got the answer from a diatom expert outside of this forum, this is Craticula.

That’s my assessment as well. I’m using my iPhone XR with the upgraded labcam ultra adapter, which has better optics and a 20X eye piece magnification. Best choice I ever made, and the cool thing is that you don’t have to zoom in on the camera to get a full rectangle or frame. also, both the iPhone ...

Last one for the day, I promise! I haven’t got any takers on this one on my Instagram feed. Any guesses on what genus of ciliate? Also, I assume this is the endpoint or at least getting close to the detachment stage of binary fission vs conjugation. I’m basing this based on the symmetrical look of t...

Brachysira or Navicula? Or neither. Diatom identification seems to be a whole separate skill set unto itself. Gets me almost every time.

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Awesome! Mystery solved. Thank you so much.

MikeBradley wrote: ↑

Mon May 30, 2022 9:45 pm

They are Statoblasts! This is part of the life cycle of bryozoans, they are composed of a mass of cells from a colony. Bryozoans have a very interesting life cycle.
Nice image by the way.

Michael

Anyone aware of a third party that manufacture a set of dark field stoppers that will insert into the open center hole of the Motic Phase Contrast slider? This would be the slider below, designed for the BA or Panthera C2 series. https://www.motic-microscope.com/p-1807-ba210-310-phase-slider-3-posit...

Any idea what this might be? I’ve seen them multiple times in my pond water samples. Magnification 400-800x.

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Panthera C2 Trinocular
iPhone XR and LabCam Ultra (20x)
Oblique lighting (Scotch tape method) with Dark Field disk stopper offset as waxing crescent)

Thank you

Swift/Motic M3802CT-4 Trinocular Cordless 1000x Microscope - Like New - Mint like new condition. I bought this microscope new only a few months ago but decided that I wanted to upgrade to a phase contrast microscope. - Includes cover, manual, and power supply. -  DIN standard achromat objective le...

Sadly, LabCam has stated they do not plan on making an adaptor for the iPhone 13 Pro max, only for the 13 Pro. I had to use my older iPhone XR.

Anyone using the Canon R5 Mirrorless to capture their image and videos?
If so, can you tell which what adaptor system you are using?
Kris

So glad I found this forum....soooooo many questions! :-) I'm currently on my fourth microscope, which is a recently purchased Motic Panthera C2 trinocular (w/ BF/DF/PH turret and polarization). Currently capturing images and video with an iPhone XR and LabCam adaptor (standard with the upgraded Ult...