http://www.photomacrography.net/forum/userpix/75_Rot2461forID_ASH_1.jpg http://www.photomacrography.net/forum/userpix/75_RoT2464_400xASH_1.jpg Greetings. I am looking for identification sources for rotifers on the web but cannot find any comprehensive collections. Does anyone know of any good rotif...

I think this is a endospore-forming Bacillus. Cfr.: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/99/Bacteriology_4.png Franz Thank you Franz, Googling endospore forming bacillus provides a great deal of information. It is possible that the endospore (possibly/probably the bulbous end of the baci...

Hi Martin,

I encountered these microbes for only a couple of days around April 24, 2009, and have never seen them in my rain water barrel since then. If I find them again I will study them at 1000x with oil. I hope there will be further replies.

Good observing to you,

Thomas

http://www.photomacrography.net/forum/userpix/75_Unidentified_bac_Ashcraft2_1.jpg I found some large bacteria (I think they are bacteria?) in my outdoor rainwater barrel. They have one end that is bulbous and they appear to swim in a spiral motion. I have searched the internet for general bacteria ...

Wonderful pics. Thanks. Is that diatom A. pellucida?

Tom in New Mexico

Rik wrote : "Actually I would not have recognized the tube rotifer as even being a rotifer, looking only at the still photo. In the video, it is obvious. " Hi Rik, Thanks for the feedback. I am making some progress in the video work but am not satisfied with the still images that I extract from the ...

http://www.photomacrography.net/forum/userpix/75_Limnias6in_Ashcraft_1.jpg 400x image extract from video Greetings Dear Microscopists. I haven't posted anything here in a while and plan to return to concentrated micro-video work soon. A good microscope and a few drops of pond water may be all I nee...

Rik wrote: "Actually the stalks contract right before separation."

Hi Rik,

Very interesting analysis. Neat.

I think my Canon S3 IS will also shoot movies at 60 fps. When I come across action like this in the future maybe I will switch into faster mode to see what's there.

Tom

http://www.photomacrography.net/forum/userpix/75_spiroconjuPH5darker88in_1.jpg Spirostomums Conjugating 200x phase contrast Here are some movies in .divx format of Spirostomums conjugating in brightfield and phase contrast. http://www.heliotown.com/Spirostomums_Conjugating.html Tom in New Mexico Me...

Charlie wrote: "Looks like a situation where they both wanted to look for a more satisfactory environment."

Hi Charlie, Hi Bernhard,

Yeah, maybe they were camera shy.

Tom

Hi Microscopists. Inspired by Charlie's Vorticella stalk and myoneme images I am posting links to a couple of movies of Vorticallas separating from their stalks with the stalks then contracting right after separation. http://www.heliotown.com/Vorticellas_Detaching_from_the_Stalk.html Tom in New Mexico

Olivier wrote: ".......very impressive for a bacteria! 50 microns long."


Olivier,

Quite interesting. Thanks for posting. Some people think bacteria are boring in the light microscope but in reality they are pretty dynamic. I hope to see more bacteria images in the forum.

Tom

Sublime darkfield Pic Ralf! Really exquisite.

Tom

Hi Charlie,

That is a glorious organism. This pic should be in National Geographic.

The more I live with microbes the more respectful I become of all living creatures, no matter their size. Rotifers, to me, are like little people in their way. Little spirits with full and complex lives.

Tom

Ralf wrote: " Waterfleas do not have veins, the heart just pumps around the liquid inside the whole flea. "

Hi Ralf,

Fine movie. Thanks. Water fleas seem to have good strong hearts as they last a long time time in my sample jars.

Tom