Enjoy your meal!

[Wolfgang Bettighofer]

As a new member of this marvellous micro-meetingplace I want to present an appetizer.
Last time i got a green algae namend Eremosphaera viridis in focus. Plasma was sligthly condensed, almost all the chloroplasts show their pyrenoid covered with amylum.
I use an old Zeiss Universal. This picture was taken through a Planapo 63/1,4 and Olympus C7070 CCD camera. Three shots stacked manually with Photoshop (controlled stacking without uncontrolled artefacts )



Wolfgang

[beetleman]

It does look like a plate of veggies Wolfgang. Lots of great detail in your picture. I have never seen one of these creatures before. beautiful little creature

[rjlittlefield]

Wolfgang, this is a wonderfully detailed picture!

But I confess, I'm not sure what I'm looking at.

I presume this is a single cell with many chloroplasts.

But what are the many filaments that appear to be connecting the chloroplasts with the outer membrane?

--Rik

[Ken Ramos]

Quite a stunning shot I think, really like the background and lighting and there is also plenty of details. I don't think I have ever seen one of these. Most of my time is spent curiously watching ciliated and flagellated critters scurrying here and there.

[Wolfgang Bettighofer]

Wolfgang, this is a wonderfully detailed picture!

But I confess, I'm not sure what I'm looking at.

I presume this is a single cell with many chloroplasts.

But what are the many filaments that appear to be connecting the chloroplasts with the outer membrane?

--Rik

Some explanations:
Eremospharea is a unicellar green alga. Yes, the green crumbs you see in the cellular lumen are chloroplast, each of them with a grain named pyrenoid which produces amylum for reserve.
Eremosphaera usually lives in sphagnum ponds. A more common perspective is demonstated at Protist Information Server. Look at
http://protist.i.hosei.ac.jp/PDB4/PCD2863/htmls/03.html

Perhaps you remember...

So long, Wolfgang