One more difflugia conjugaison

Gyrosigma · Post by **Gyrosigma** » Wed Jan 05, 2011 3:10 am

Hello everybody,

My little contribution to these sexual subject

Best regards

Dominique

Jan Kros · Post by **Jan Kros** » Wed Jan 05, 2011 7:24 am

Hello Dominique

Nice picture thanks for sharing it with us
Greetings
Jan

Ferry · Post by **Ferry** » Wed Jan 05, 2011 3:33 pm

Hi Dominique,

I think they are dividing. The old one -'the mother'- to the left builds a new theca. The older one is more dark, the newborn is less dark.

Bonjour!

Ferry

Mitch640 · Post by **Mitch640** » Wed Jan 05, 2011 3:48 pm

Nice find. Is there any connection between the time of year and all these amoeba dividing?

Ferry · Post by **Ferry** » Wed Jan 05, 2011 3:57 pm

Difficult to say, Mitch. It is wintertime now and I suspect most members are scanning through old samples which are likely at room temperature. At the moment all the waters here are frozen, but in my jars there is a lot of activity.

Mitch640 · Post by **Mitch640** » Wed Jan 05, 2011 4:15 pm

Ah, it didn't click that some of these are old images. Still, the idea is good. If the divisions are tied to time of year, it might tell something.