Paramecium :  Blebbing    ( and a visitor )

( Movie )

 In this movie, a Paramecium has ruptured and its cytoplasm is spilling out, creating a bleb. During this rupturing
another protozoan appears and it seems to have its own blebs ( though I'm not sure about that.)   I haven't
positively identified what species this particular visitor microbe was. If you know please drop me an email.

Here is a 36 second movie extract of the blebbing and an interesting visitation.

Note:  Both movies are the same clip but are encoded in different formats.
 .mp4 for is best for Macs with  up to date Quicktime players.

 PARbleb5075.MP4            6.2  MB        36 seconds
PARbleb5075.DIVX           5.8  MB       36 seconds
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Thomas Ashcraft

400X magnification   Phase Contrast  
Canon S3 IS still camera in movie mode
Meiji Microscope and objectives


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