#surirella

[adelicateculturecell]

“Sometimes the best way to share what you’ve seen under the microscope is, well, to share the actual thing you’re are looking at.”

Journey to the Microcosmos- Preserving the History of the Microcosmos With Prepared Slides

Images of Prepared Slides Originally Captured by Jam’s Germs

Cascinodiscus 200x, Surirella 200x, Pinnularia 400x, Thalassiosira & Diploneis 400x, Triceratium 200x

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Journey to the Microcosmos- Peritrich Ciliates: Masters of Long-Range Snacking

Images Originally Captured by Jam’s Germs

Peritrich ciliates attached to Surirella 600x, Mobilid ciliate 200x, Peritrich ciliate colony 100x, Rotifer 200x, Epistylis colony 1000x, Votricella 200x with Stentor?

[adelicateculturecell]

In Order: Phacus gigas 400x, Cercaria 200x, Diatom attracts bacteria 400x, Closterium and Surirella 400x, Euglena 400x, Diatoms and green algea 400x, Stentor polymorphus 40x, Nemotode 200x

Journey to the Microcosmos:  Are Microbes Good or Bad for Humans?

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Journey to the Microcosmos: What If All the Microbes Disappeared?

Surirella 200x, Slime mold 100x, Diatoms, cyanobacteria, and a flagellate 1000x, Diatoms 200x, Red algae 600x, Bacteria, cyanobacteria, & Phacus 1000x, Lepocinclis 1000x, Slime mold 40x 

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Journey to the Microcosmos- The Microcosmos of the 1800s | The Story of Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg

Nasula ornata 400x, Nasula ornata Illustration, Frontonia atra Illustration, Frontonia area 400x, Surirella 200x, Surirella Illustration, Platycola Illustration, Platycola 200x

Images originally captured by Jam’s Germs

Illustrations by Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg

[libutron]

Surirella 

A very clear micrograph of Surirella (Surirellaceae), one of the most common diatoms in the acidic waters of the mountain lakes or bogs, it dwells in environments moderately rich in organic matter. Presents an ornamentation formed by thick cross ribs.

Photo credit: ©Frederic Labaune

Locality: unknown

[micromademacro]

Surirella fastuosa - Diatom found in clay sediment at Texel, Netherlands (Source: original by micromademacro)

Like an underwater mini-woodlouse, a bit. What do you guys think?