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Thanks a lot for the explanation! Oops. So it broke a part to free itself... sad.

You also say this would be a ciliate, so I will try to investigate this vast family with more details. Thanks!

Thanks for your answers! So spirochetes they are, I'll read about them.

Hi,

thanks for the thread. I observed yesterday what seems to be the very same as yours. Also moving as corkscrew, but also grouping itself into a wider spiral.



Did you reached any conclusion regarding the ID?

Sam

Hi! I observe several examples of this thing swimming and twisting smoothly in samples of pond water. I'm still new in identification and am learning to use my books. I don't see ciliates nor flagella, that,s all I can say. More funny, I saw one splitting, I believe on purpose. OonGF_tiZxs Could you...

Hi, I'm Sam, I'm french but am living in the south of Germany. I used microscopes as a kid (compound, mirror with a retrofit wit a lamp). But I never observed anything alive; to be honest after seeing onions and a few prepared slides, I felt it was interesting, but I had seen what had to be seen. I'...