small ciliate ID

nanometer · Post by **nanometer** » Mon Jun 10, 2019 7:18 am

I ran into a bunch of these, and have spent quite a bit of time trying to figure out what they are. 40x DIC, flash. Bodies ~20um. I can't decide if the large vacuoles were a result of environment or a feature of this ciliate.

and by changing focus a bit (to the surface I think), I would see this:

Any help is appreciated, so I can put these into a correct folder ID.

Thanks

Steve

carlos.uruguay · Post by **carlos.uruguay** » Thu Jun 13, 2019 2:49 pm

Near death or dead and very deformed by the pressure of the coverslip

nanometer · Post by **nanometer** » Sun Jun 23, 2019 5:54 am

Thanks Carlos. I suspected environment.