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Does anyone know what this is?
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In summary, the conversation is about the identification of organisms found in photographs taken through a digital camera attached to a microscope. The organisms appear to have flagella and may be protozoan or microscopic animals. However, proper staining and equipment are needed for accurate identification. The conversation ends with the organism being identified as Lepadella patella.
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These are likely to be protozoan or microscopic animals. In the first two picture, the organisms seems to have a flagella but it is hard to says without the proper stainning.
It is hard to do any identification without the proper information and equipment.
It is hard to do any identification without the proper information and equipment.
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Apicomplexa plasmodium?
Or Paramecium in conjugation
Or Paramecium in conjugation
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Chound you got some nice pics, but yeah you need to stain these things you see under the microscope. Get more pics.
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I did stain them using saffronin and methylene blue(That's all I've got). But still they are transparent. I am pretty sure they have flagella.sssddd said:
The second one looks like some kind of organism(has flagella) with spores inside it.
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Better picture
I think this picture seems to give a better idea of the organism
Here is the things i could obsere:
1)2 flagella which join inside the body.
2)Almost oval body but the front is modified like the horns on the devil.
3)I think it has a nucleus near the left devil's horn
I think this picture seems to give a better idea of the organism
Here is the things i could obsere:
1)2 flagella which join inside the body.
2)Almost oval body but the front is modified like the horns on the devil.
3)I think it has a nucleus near the left devil's horn
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ok ok sorry now I see the flagella. Could you tell me the magnification.
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You are one hundered percent right!gerben said:
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