Mayorella viridis with parasites

Ecki · Post by **Ecki** » Tue Sep 16, 2014 8:32 am

Mayorella viridis Leidy 1902

This image is by my friend and partner Steffen and shows M. viridis with beautiful symbiotic green algae.

More Discosea here: http://www.penard.de/Amoebozoa/Discosea/index.html

Best regards,
Ecki

Charles Krebs · Post by **Charles Krebs** » Tue Sep 16, 2014 11:10 pm

Very nice and interesting.

This is a fungal infection?

Ecki · Post by **Ecki** » Wed Sep 17, 2014 12:27 am

Yes, it looks like a fungal parasite.

Jacek · Post by **Jacek** » Wed Sep 17, 2014 4:08 am

Very nice

RogelioMoreno · Post by **RogelioMoreno** » Wed Sep 17, 2014 11:45 pm

Interesting!

Rogelio

Ecki · Post by **Ecki** » Thu Sep 18, 2014 11:38 am

Thank you!

Something went wrong and now the image has change to M. viridis without a parasite. Here is the image of the amoeba with the parasite again:

carlos.uruguay · Post by **carlos.uruguay** » Fri Sep 19, 2014 6:30 pm

Very interesting!!!
And very nice photo!
Is it not a symbiotic alga?

Bruce Taylor · Post by **Bruce Taylor** » Tue Sep 23, 2014 5:17 am

Wonderful, Ecki!

Carlos, the algae in the first picture are indeed symbiotic. The second picture shows the unpigmented parasite.

carlos.uruguay · Post by **carlos.uruguay** » Tue Sep 23, 2014 6:34 am

Thank you Bruce