Link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvGXqwDkgAU
About 23um of diameter
freshwater
40x and 100x objectives
Phase contrast oblique light and brightfield
Gocevia? Cochliopodium? Otherwise?
Thanks to all
Help ID, amoeba?
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Perhaps an organism in a cyst. In the early part, "focusing artifacts" mimic pseudopodia, but the final sequence (1:30 - end) seems to show a fixed membrane around the creature.
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Except while they are "awakening:Ecki wrote:You can see the contractile vacuole - cysts don't have one.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kon-aP2DSyg
But yes, my suggestion was a poor one. I have more enthusiasm than experience.
