#histiobalantium

[adelicateculturecell]

Journey to the Microcosmos- We Recorded Too Much Slow Motion Footage So Here's a Bonus Video

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[adelicateculturecell]

"Kahl's contributions extended beyond just uncovering new species. The second age of ciliate discovery, which lasted between 1930 and 1950, was marked not by a need to just uncover new species, but to understand how to better group them. By the end of just the 1930s, there were around 3000 known ciliates to classify, leading to the creation of new taxa and genera that some have called Kahlian classification because of the lables he introduced into it."

Journey to the Microcosmos- The Schoolteacher Who Discovered 700 Ciliates

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[adelicateculturecell]

"When you've been on a journey through the microcosmos, there are some names that start to feel pretty familiar. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek comes up pretty often, as befits a microscopist whose delightful descriptions of the bacteria and protozoans essentially birthed a whole field of research. Then you've got Muller, and your Ehrenberg, your Dujardin--names that endure because of the microbial knowledge they are attached to."

Journey to the Microcosmos- The Schoolteacher Who Discovered 700 Ciliates

Images Originally Captured by Jam's Germs

Carchesium 630x, Histiobalantium 630x, Monodinium 630x, Paramecium 200x, Linostomella 630x