Chlorella in Paramecium bursaria

Charles Krebs · Post by **Charles Krebs** » Sat Jan 01, 2005 10:56 pm

Found a cooperative paramecium bursaria and decided to take a closer look at the symbiotic algae, Chlorella, that gives it it's green color.

100X objective, 3.3X photo-eyepiece, Canon 10D. Oblique bright-field with flash.

Steve West · Post by **Steve West** » Sat Jan 01, 2005 11:41 pm

Stunning again!! Just when I thought I was doing reasonably well with the oil, you post images with even finer equisite detail. I had no idea these little buggers ride the paramecium.

Steve

Frez · Post by **Frez** » Sun Jan 02, 2005 12:48 am

Beautiful! These have to be the most cooperative Paramecium to run accross. It's amazing well how you imaged through the outer layer. Well done.

Frez

Kenv · Post by **Kenv** » Sun Jan 02, 2005 12:52 am

Incredible Charlie. You have answered a question before I asked - I was thinking whether or not I would ever use the 100X oil, now I know. Beautiful.
Kenv

Ken Ramos · Post by **Ken Ramos** » Sun Jan 02, 2005 5:53 am

The Chlorella look like little green blood cells. Very nice image, I have often wondered about them and how they looked up close. I have a 100X oil obj. but rarely use it. May have to get some oil and give it a try. Great work Charlie, as usual.