Golden algae in a vase, surely Ochromonas

carlos.uruguay · Post by **carlos.uruguay** » Fri Mar 21, 2014 6:07 am

Generally of fresh water.
Those of the video measure between 10um (0.010mm) and 14um (0.014mm) of length
They have a long flagellum and very short other.
An ocular spot.
Two cloroplastos
In certain circumstances they acquire rounded forms.
We have found them in the heavily polluted water from a flowers vase.
Exists a very similar genre: Spumella
but Spumella is usually colorless.
Oblique light, phase contrast, immersion objective.
Link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TP_KB2C1grY
Regards

Jean-marc · Post by **Jean-marc** » Sun Mar 23, 2014 12:17 pm

Very good video, as the dimension of this algae is very small.

JM

carlos.uruguay · Post by **carlos.uruguay** » Sun Mar 23, 2014 1:17 pm

Thank you very much Jean-marc.
With the zoom many clearness gets lost

Jacek · Post by **Jacek** » Mon Mar 24, 2014 12:52 am

Very nice video

carlos.uruguay · Post by **carlos.uruguay** » Thu Mar 27, 2014 2:59 pm

Thank you very much Jacek!