Photosynthetic ciliate?

Linden.g · Post by **Linden.g** » Mon Apr 04, 2011 8:46 pm

Is this guy photosynthetic, collected from spyrogyra blooming pond.

Linden

Charles Krebs · Post by **Charles Krebs** » Mon Apr 04, 2011 9:39 pm

Paramecium bursaria.... (quite a "hairy one" you've got here!

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They have a symbiotic alga (Zoochlorella) that lives inside the cell.

(once again, a favorite subject around these parts... search in both the current and "old" forums)

Linden.g · Post by **Linden.g** » Tue Apr 05, 2011 12:27 pm

Thanks Charles, its a shame there is no way to make a visual thumbnail key to all of the species captured in this community. Like a visual search engine.

Linden

Charles Krebs · Post by **Charles Krebs** » Tue Apr 05, 2011 1:00 pm

Linden,

If you have not already bookmarked these two sites, have a look:

http://starcentral.mbl.edu/microscope/p ... azorganism

http://www.xmission.com/~psneeley/Personal/FwrPLA.htm

Linden.g · Post by **Linden.g** » Tue Apr 05, 2011 2:15 pm

Thanks Charles, those are stunning identification plates