Hi Members,
Have just taken a sample from the pond we have, its rich in duck poo, goose poo, & bird poo. (we do clean it out every two weeks).
I was looking at these 'things' as I do not yet fully understand what there is swimming around in the 'poo pond'.
Could some one please tell what they can define from the pictures, thankyou.
Looking forward to being enlightened, are there Amoebas, Bacteri,Rotifers, Ciliates, Diatoms, Desmids,Grenn Algae?
Got those names from, http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/micropolitan/index.html great stuff.
Thanks to all concerned.
Mo.
Not sure what I'm looking at?
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- Mo Vaughan
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Not sure what I'm looking at?
Thebeeman
Hi Mo and Ken,
I'm with you Ken that it is an ascomycete, but I am pretty certain that it is not an ascus but an asexual multicellular spore ("conidium" - plural conidia). An ascus would contain typically 8 unicellular spores. This specimen has 8 cross divisions, but some of these are further divided into 2 or 3 more cells.
My guess is that it is a spore of Alternaria - a genus of plant parasites. An image search on Alta Vista will bring up a lot of pictures of very similar spores.
Keep looking down.
Best wishes
Brian O.
I'm with you Ken that it is an ascomycete, but I am pretty certain that it is not an ascus but an asexual multicellular spore ("conidium" - plural conidia). An ascus would contain typically 8 unicellular spores. This specimen has 8 cross divisions, but some of these are further divided into 2 or 3 more cells.
My guess is that it is a spore of Alternaria - a genus of plant parasites. An image search on Alta Vista will bring up a lot of pictures of very similar spores.
Keep looking down.
Best wishes
Brian O.
- Mo Vaughan
- Posts: 70
- Joined: Sun Aug 12, 2007 3:16 am
- Location: Cambridgeshire UK
Hi Ken & BJ
Many thanks for giving me your time and passing on your knowledge.
This is just the beginning for me as I normally photgraph and dissect honey bees.
I have just read the article by Charlie Krebs on the best way to obtain a sample, this is what I need to know how to conduct a propper examination and at what magnification etc.
So once again Ken & BJ many, many thanks.
What is this?
Many thanks for giving me your time and passing on your knowledge.
This is just the beginning for me as I normally photgraph and dissect honey bees.
I have just read the article by Charlie Krebs on the best way to obtain a sample, this is what I need to know how to conduct a propper examination and at what magnification etc.
So once again Ken & BJ many, many thanks.
What is this?
Thebeeman