The ciliate Trochilia

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The ciliate Trochilia

#1 Post by tlansing » Wed Jan 19, 2022 3:16 pm

I am showing a photo and a short video of the ciliate Trochilia (most likely this is what it is), which to me looks like a very small VW bug scurrying over a filament of Spirogyra. In the photo, this Trochilia has paused long enough to photograph it in lateral view. The macronucleus is visible to the left in the back of the cell. In the video, there are several Trochilia moving quickly along the Spirogyra filament. Fun to watch!
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Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvDysMimkLQ

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Re: The ciliate Trochilia

#2 Post by microplan » Thu Jan 20, 2022 1:07 pm

The video is really short, but showing what you need to do.
Ciliates moving like cars on the highway.
And the comparison to VW is excellent.
There used to be a lot of them on the streets of my city.
Now they don't exist at all.
We called these VW "GARBUS" or "HUNCHBACK"

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Re: The ciliate Trochilia

#3 Post by Javier » Fri Jan 21, 2022 8:19 pm

Awesome! Very fun to watch, indeed.

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Re: The ciliate Trochilia

#4 Post by ImperatorRex » Sat Jan 22, 2022 10:36 am

Interesting observation, like your video tlansing.

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Re: The ciliate Trochilia

#5 Post by marcel_ » Sat Jan 22, 2022 8:10 pm

Brilliant comparison. Spot on.

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Re: The ciliate Trochilia

#6 Post by tlansing » Mon Jan 24, 2022 10:33 pm

Thanks to all for the kind comments!
Tim

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Re: The ciliate Trochilia

#7 Post by MichaelG. » Tue Jan 25, 2022 8:58 am

Great video … thanks for sharing

It left me wondering about the propulsion method though, and I found this:

https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Mor ... _236839429

Amazing !

MichaelG.

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Edit: __ also found this very useful paper: https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/co ... 0.057893-0
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