Tuesday, 17 January 2012

Microlife in a Drop of Water!










Watch carefully!  They're awfully fast.  Unfortuntaely you can't see any detail in this video, but you can certainly see they're there!  Using the compound microscope we identified paramecium, rotifers, and stentors. When you record your digital image make sure you focus well and preview before you post.
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9 comments:

  1. The organism that is in your first video is Paramecium. It is one known ciliated protist.the cila helps push the food and water into the cell body. then the food becomes enclosed in a vesicle filled with enzymes. the enzymes help digest the food.
    Daniel

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  2. Hi Mrs. Hill, I really liked how in your video, I could easily spot the Paramecium and Stentors. It was pretty challenging to find the Rotifers. I think your video is awesome!!

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  3. I believe that in your first video the living organism in the water is paramecium. Paramecium is usually found in ponds and quite water, inside the decaying vegetation. Paramecium is one of the known ciliated Protist, the cilia help the paramecium push food into the cells body.

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  4. The microbe in your second video is a paramecium. Did you know that paramecium move by using cilia. Or that they feed on bacteria and algae.

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  5. The microbe that is seen on your second video is called a Paramecium. Paramecium's move around by using cilia.Paramecium's also have a weapon defense system that they deploy against their enemies.

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  6. Your microbe in this video is indeed paramecium! I can tell by their shape! The Paramecium`s biggest enemy is the didinium. The didinium can gulp down as much as 2 paramecium a minute! That is really cool!

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  7. i believe that is a Paramecium. did you know that there is a deep oral groove containing inconspicuous tongue-like compound oral cilia (as found in other peniculids) used to draw food inside.Cilia are the main structure of the paramecium. did you know that paramecium are often confused by a similar structure known as "blepharisma"

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  8. On the second video, I think it shows a tubifex worm. Tubifex worms can be fed to fish in aquariums. If they live in fresh water that's polluted, they can cause disease in trout and salmon.

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  9. In your second video I saw Tubifex worms.Tubifex worms are worms that survive on little oxygen. Tubifex worms are commonly found in freshwater lakes and rivers. They also absorb bacteria through the walls of the body.

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