#cilate

[adelicateculturecell]

“It is not that the algae are actually in molasses. Like all our other samples, they're living it up in good old H2O. And of course to us, liquid water is a flowing thing. We can swim through it, jump into it, run our hands through it, gather samples for this show from it--all with relative east. But for microbes, water isn't like that. It's like a syrup. And while life in syrup sounds whimsical, the mechanics and math that explains it is much less so... Warning, fluid dynamics ahead.”

Journey to the Microcosmos- Water Is Thicker When You’re Smaller

Images Originally Captured by Jam’s Germs

Algae 40x, Ciliate 630x, Beggiatoa 630x, Bacteria 600x, Stentor coeruleus 200x, Bacteria & flagellates 630x

[adelicateculturecell]

"So we have one definition of immortality that depends on aging in multicellular organisms, but how does that apply to single-celled creatures that reproduce asexually? What does death mean to a single cell that divides and divides and divides, creating a legacy that is recursively itself. Is it enough to just be one of thousands (or tens of thousands) of clones to ensure that even if you die, you still, in essence, live?"

Journey to the Microcosmos- Do Microscopic Immortals Actually Exist?

Images Originally Captured by Jam’s Germs

Chlorella from a dying Hydra 400x, Paramecium conjugation 200x, Dying ciliate 400x, Paramecium 200x, Bacteria 400x, Euglenaria bloom 200