Euglena

billporter1456 · Post by **billporter1456** » Sun Aug 03, 2014 7:27 pm

Here are some Euglena from my local pond. I was surprised to see one of them discard its flagellum.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUb7HAILBY0

rjlittlefield · Post by **rjlittlefield** » Sun Aug 03, 2014 8:12 pm

Good catch!

Google search on euglena discard flagellum finds lots of descriptions of the process, but I wouldn't have known to go looking for that until somebody told me they had seen it happen.

--Rik

microthings · Post by **microthings** » Mon Aug 04, 2014 2:05 am

Good observation and nice video!!

billporter1456 · Post by **billporter1456** » Mon Aug 04, 2014 7:36 pm

Thanks Rik and microthings, your comments are appreciated. From what I have recently read, the discarding of the flagellum is a normal precursor to entering that dormant or cyst state.

RogelioMoreno · Post by **RogelioMoreno** » Tue Aug 05, 2014 8:14 am

Interesting video!

Rogelio

billporter1456 · Post by **billporter1456** » Tue Aug 05, 2014 9:54 am

RogelioMoreno wrote:Interesting video!

Rogelio

Thanks, Rogelio! I just posted a followup video that shows what happened to that Euglena cyst when the water evaporated.

carlos.uruguay · Post by **carlos.uruguay** » Wed Aug 06, 2014 4:52 am

Super