Life around Rooting Plants

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DonSchaeffer
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Life around Rooting Plants

#1 Post by DonSchaeffer » Wed Jul 28, 2021 8:06 pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WP2KBVAx1qs
My friend insists on trying to keep some plants viable by rooting them in water. Inevitably after a few days, the jar becomes infested with goodies for me. In this case, the water quickly filled with colpoda, a ciliate that lives on the stems of plants. I could see the effects of colpoda stirring the water around at high velocity. The bacteria were streaming in a rich biological soup.

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Re: Life around Rooting Plants

#2 Post by Tejhunn » Thu Aug 05, 2021 8:43 pm

Thank you !

I'm new to microscopy and have been doing just that, looking at water in root water and found Colpoda in it but didn't know what it's called.

DonSchaeffer
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Re: Life around Rooting Plants

#3 Post by DonSchaeffer » Sun Aug 08, 2021 9:08 pm

I don't either.

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