Can anyone help ID this? Found in fresh water. Has collar of rotating cilia, and band around middle.
Thanks! Tina
mystery microbe
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Re: mystery microbe
That is a peritrich ciliate in the genus Campanella. It has come loose from its stalk, and is forming a posterior wreath of cilia, so it is in the process of transforming into a swarmer, or "telotroch," the migratory form that peritrichs assume when traveling to a new spot.
Re: mystery microbe
Thanks so much, Bruce! I was hoping that you would be checking the forum. Such as interesting creature. We thought at first it might be a Astylozoon - close as we could get.
Appreciate that you share your knowledge.
Tina
Appreciate that you share your knowledge.
Tina