This is a follow-up to my previous post. An incredible picture by Professor Chris Lobban from University of Guam.
"Other-worldly Maristentor"
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- Thu Apr 13, 2006 11:24 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum and Community Announcements
- Topic: You have to check this out!
- Replies: 1
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- Thu Apr 13, 2006 11:16 pm
- Forum: Administrator's Appreciation Gallery...Photography Through the Microscope
- Topic: Sponge spicules and nanotechnology
- Replies: 4
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Sponge spicules and nanotechnology
Today I attended a meeting dedicated to nanobiology (another recent buzzword). One of the speakers, prof. Daniel Morse from UC Santa Barbara, talked about synthesis of nanostructures using silicatein. Silicatein is an enzyme extracted from marine glass sponges, that catalyzes synthesis of silica. Sp...
- Wed Apr 12, 2006 6:51 pm
- Forum: Photography Through the Microscope Gallery
- Topic: Face of the sun
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- Tue Apr 11, 2006 9:08 pm
- Forum: Photography Through the Microscope Gallery
- Topic: Vorticella
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- Tue Apr 11, 2006 6:12 pm
- Forum: Beginners guide to microscopy
- Topic: Marine micro-life
- Replies: 16
- Views: 36769
Bill, Thank you for your kind comments. A little marine aquarium is not that complicated! Let me share some of my experiences (I’m not an expert by no means). I used to have a very simple, 2.5 gallon tank (and, later, a little bigger one, 10 gallon). The only necessary things are: container (glass o...
- Sat Apr 08, 2006 12:10 am
- Forum: Photography Through the Microscope Gallery
- Topic: Tube-dwelling diatoms
- Replies: 8
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- Sat Apr 08, 2006 12:01 am
- Forum: Photography Through the Microscope Gallery
- Topic: Keratella (?) rotifer, dorsal view.
- Replies: 3
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- Tue Apr 04, 2006 12:42 am
- Forum: Photography Through the Microscope Gallery
- Topic: Colours of Spring
- Replies: 5
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Absoulutely amazing pictures!!! You are lucky to capture such an intimate moment of these beautiful creatures!
I have a link to a very appropriate poem: The Conjugation of Paramecium, by Muriel Rukeyser.
I have a link to a very appropriate poem: The Conjugation of Paramecium, by Muriel Rukeyser.
- Fri Mar 31, 2006 8:08 pm
- Forum: Photography Through the Microscope Gallery
- Topic: Arcella. Inside and out
- Replies: 4
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- Thu Mar 30, 2006 2:49 pm
- Forum: Photography Through the Microscope Gallery
- Topic: Halteria Gallery
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- Thu Mar 30, 2006 1:21 pm
- Forum: Photography Through the Microscope Gallery
- Topic: New marine thingies
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- Wed Mar 29, 2006 1:38 pm
- Forum: Photography Through the Microscope Gallery
- Topic: Epistylis
- Replies: 5
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- Mon Mar 27, 2006 9:29 pm
- Forum: Photography Through the Microscope Gallery
- Topic: Ocotillo pollen
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Ocotillo pollen
Yesterday I visited Anza Borrego State Park. Several kinds of plants are blooming nicely, including impressive red flowers of Ocotillo ( Fouquieria splendens ). Pictured below is its pollen. http://www.pirx.com/gallery/albums/micro/oco_pollen.jpg 25x/0.60 objective, Sony DSC-V1, stacked with CombineZ
- Fri Mar 24, 2006 1:47 pm
- Forum: Photography Through the Microscope Gallery
- Topic: Amphileptus
- Replies: 2
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- Thu Mar 23, 2006 9:32 pm
- Forum: Photography Through the Microscope Gallery
- Topic: Amphileptus
- Replies: 2
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Amphileptus
Recently we have seen many pictures of Litonotus . This, I believe, is Amphileptus - a related species. Amphileptus can have two or more macronuclei ( Litonotus has two), and you can clearly see three macronuclei in this phase contrast picture. http://www.pirx.com/gallery/albums/micro/amphileptus.jp...