What else are we observing in the petri dishes???

04.10.12

posted by: abeebe


While observing our wonderful zebrafish embryos under the microscope, there are 3 common “visitors” that we also ocassionally observe. They are all quite fascinating and beautiful in their own right. I wanted to post some videos that are at a higher magnification of these micro organisms so that students can viewthem in more detail. Each organism has a picture, and then a link to a video of that organism in action. Check these incredible creatures out! (The image above was taken by me in a school in November 2011. It shows all 3 in one shot for comparison)

video of vorticella

Vorticella sp.
120 x 80 μm
peristome 114 μm
Minuma Natural p.
Saitama
Saitama, 2005

video of rotifer

Description
A bdelloid rotifer.
Source
I (Bob Blaylock (talk)) created this work entirely by myself.
Date
20 September 2009 21:32 PD

video of coleps

Coleps hirtus Nitzsch, cell body 44 μm long, 23 μm wide, stained with Methylene blue, by H. Yoshino
Coleps hirtus, x 400, by Y. Tsukii
50 μm 100 μm 150 μm; x 400

Be the first to like.
Unlike

This entry was posted on Tuesday, April 10th, 2012 at 10:36 am and is filed under Uncategorized. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

One Response to “What else are we observing in the petri dishes???”

  1. pmooney Says:
    April 11th, 2012 at 8:45 am

    Anita, What a wonderful and informative post. I really enjoyed the rotifer video with the African music. Thanks!
    Pat