#aspidisca

[adelicateculturecell]

"There are so many of these invisible mechanisms for transporting microbes around the world, whether that is through the feet that trod on ground or fly through the air. If you look up in the sky, what you're seeing there, maybe a bird. Or invisibly, it may be a rotifer, with its foot attached to a foot attached to some wings."

Journey to the Microcosmos- The Fantastic Feet of the Microcosmos

Images Originally Captured by Jam's Germs

Rotifer 630x, Red mite 200x, Flatworm 200x, Aspidisca 630x, Bacteria 630x, Tardigrade 600x

[adelicateculturecell]

"Take, for example, the ciliate. As we have seen often throughtour our journey to the microcosmos, ciliates may just be composed of one cell, but they can put that one cell to great use, taking on many shapes and forms the act in magnificent ways. The defining freature of ciliates are the hairy cilia that covers them. For some, that's a general fuzziness that covers their whole unicellular body, but for other ciliates, those cilia bundle together to form a structure called cirri. With all those hairs working together, the cirri is more like a limb that helps the organism move around. The effect for some species is that the ciliate looks almost like a weird, misshapen centipede as it creeps along the slide."

Journey to the Microcosmos- The Fantastic Feet of the Microcosmos

Images Originally Captured by Jam's Germs