amoeba inditification

micronub · Post by **micronub** » Thu Jul 05, 2012 6:54 am

Sorry my microscope is not the best... You can see how this thing moves. I got this out of a pail of water sitting outside. This is a sample right off the very top of the water level.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBNbgIUB380

micronub · Post by **micronub** » Fri Jul 06, 2012 6:38 am

how do I move this post?... might be in the wrong place

rjlittlefield · Post by **rjlittlefield** » Fri Jul 06, 2012 10:12 pm

Only Admins can move posts from one forum to another. However, everyone can delete their own posts if there have been no replies. So, you can effectively "move" a post by saving its content to clipboard or a text editor, then deleting the post in its original location and posting the same content as new in the proper forum.

In this case, I've moved it for you to "Photography Through the Microscope".

--Rik

micronub · Post by **micronub** » Sat Jul 07, 2012 4:57 pm

thank you very much!

Ferry · Post by **Ferry** » Tue Jul 10, 2012 12:30 pm

It seems to be a Vahlkampfia-amoeba.

rjlittlefield · Post by **rjlittlefield** » Tue Jul 10, 2012 1:39 pm

Thank you, Ferry.

So then, http://protist.i.hosei.ac.jp/pdb/images ... index.html ?

I see elsewhere on the web that this group has been revised recently based on genetic sequencing. I'm glad to see that activity going on. I expect there'll be lots of revisions when we know more directly how these things are related at the molecular level instead of just body forms and habits.

--Rik

micronub · Post by **micronub** » Wed Jul 11, 2012 7:18 am

Thanks! Next time I'll try to get a closer view of this guy. I find them a lot in my area. I'm thinking if I keep looking I'm going to run across the naegleria fowleri amoeba. Water temperature is already above 80 degrees in my area and I like checking out water samples. I've read where they live in and are found in soil, but I'm not sure on what that really means. Thought about trying to scoop up some soil in different areas then put that in water with maybe some rice. I'm just messing around with it though because its sorta fun.

Any thoughts on how common this amoeba is really? I know that PAM is not common but I wonder how common the amoeba is really...

micronub · Post by **micronub** » Mon Jul 23, 2012 7:47 am

well... I just read where 2 more kids died due to Naegleria fowleri. Something I found cruel and odd, while I was reading about these 2 children I read where someone or a group of researchers put this stuff up the nose of 7 sheep and all 7 died. I mean really did they have to kill all 7 of the sheep. Seems like 1 would do... but hey, I'm not a research person. Anyways I would love to find a place where I know this stuff exists because I would like to figure out a way to kill this amoeba or at least knock the numbers down. I'm thinking adding caustic would knock them down a bit. I live in Southeast Texas and I have 100's of ponds around me (and its hot..). I've looked in a few and found nothing so far. If I do find a large number of these I'm going to try some chemicals and continuously monitor the samples. I'll soon be called the Naegleria slayer.. (and maybe a few fish at first)