Physarum polycephalum : "blood" circulation
Posted: Fri Jun 04, 2021 6:15 pm
Hello,
I have several sample of the "Blob" physarum polycephalum in petri dishes and as i'm preparing sclerotium (dried dormant form) i decided to put some pseudopodes under the microscope.
But the thing is that in bright field you dont see much as the creature is quite thick so I thought that maybe I could try with the fluorescence module. I sprayed the plasmodium with a highly diluted solution of orange acridine in volvic water and waited for a whilt for the dye to be absorbed.
Here is the result : the video shows the many nucleus and the circulating cytoplasm going in one direction and then changing direction again...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYL-A7n ... chrisimbee
Chris
I have several sample of the "Blob" physarum polycephalum in petri dishes and as i'm preparing sclerotium (dried dormant form) i decided to put some pseudopodes under the microscope.
But the thing is that in bright field you dont see much as the creature is quite thick so I thought that maybe I could try with the fluorescence module. I sprayed the plasmodium with a highly diluted solution of orange acridine in volvic water and waited for a whilt for the dye to be absorbed.
Here is the result : the video shows the many nucleus and the circulating cytoplasm going in one direction and then changing direction again...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYL-A7n ... chrisimbee
Chris