Testate amoeba...video

fpelectronica · Post by **fpelectronica** » Wed Jun 22, 2011 10:33 am

Hello
Testate amoeba is an amoeba with teak "shell. " This teak siliceous material may be, in some species, covered with sand grains, diatoms, detritus ... The thecamoebians of this video (possibly Difflugia Pyroformis) has a size of approximately 200um Used light background illumination, oblique phase contrast and polarization mostar as teak.

http://youtu.be/ST8WkX7Xq0E
Francisco

Mitch640 · Post by **Mitch640** » Thu Jun 23, 2011 7:36 pm

Francisco, as always, excellent imaging from your CCD camera. It never ceases to amaze me that a single celled animal can build a house and fit it together so well with stuff he finds laying around.