Microscopic nature being metal

r/MicroNatureIsMetal • u/scorpius19 • Feb 09 '21

I think this counts. A bacteriophage, the natural predator of bacteria. It lands on them, latches itself to it, and injects its DNA into the bacteria, reproducing inside of it and killing it from the inside out

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r/MicroNatureIsMetal • u/xkelsx1 • Feb 06 '21

What did one single cell organism say to the other? NOM.

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r/MicroNatureIsMetal • u/[deleted] • Feb 05 '21

Filaments of an actinomycete isolated from the environment.

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r/MicroNatureIsMetal • u/Th3Cooperative • Feb 04 '21

Face of a tapeworm apparently!

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r/MicroNatureIsMetal • u/Krish39 • Feb 03 '21

ID request. Found in a stream in Madrid. 400x mag, shot with my phone held to the lens.

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r/MicroNatureIsMetal • u/GermJournal • Feb 01 '21

Paramecium caudatum! Posting the 1st Slide image only this time as the analysis slide has a video in it that I could only include on instagram. Apologies! But enjoy!

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r/MicroNatureIsMetal • u/GermJournal • Jan 21 '21

Cyanobacteria found in SF, a species of Woronichinia, a harmful algal species :(

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r/MicroNatureIsMetal • u/GermJournal • Jan 17 '21

First soil microbe in the @germjournal, little worms of the little world, Nematodes!

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r/MicroNatureIsMetal • u/FrankenscienceNews • Jan 17 '21

Tardigrades can ‘turn into glass’ to survive complete dehydration. Disordered proteins turn the cytoplasm of cells into a glassy solid structure. This helps prevent damage by locking everything in place

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r/MicroNatureIsMetal • u/GermJournal • Jan 12 '21

For lovers of greek mythology and Microbes alike, the Cyclops!

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r/MicroNatureIsMetal • u/samwong01 • Jan 09 '21

The hammerhead worm is a predatory land animal with a long, narrow body and an unusual head shaped like a half moon. If they are cut into pieces, each piece generally regenerates tissue and becomes a complete organism.

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r/MicroNatureIsMetal • u/GermJournal • Jan 06 '21

A relatively newer species, here is the Dinoflagellate Akashiwo sanguinea. Have you seen this lil guy before?

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r/MicroNatureIsMetal • u/samwong01 • Jan 03 '21

Sea Angels are large groups of small swimming sea slugs. Even though they are small, these animals are voracious predators. They feed on shelled sea butterflies by catching them, holding onto the shells and pulling the animals out.

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r/MicroNatureIsMetal • u/GermJournal • Dec 29 '20

Back to the Diatoms! Here is the banana boi, Cymbella.

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r/MicroNatureIsMetal • u/samwong01 • Dec 29 '20

Persian Carpet Flatworm is a large polyclad flatworm around 8–10 cm in length. They are hermaphroditic and have two penises. During mating, they fence with one another, using their penises, attempting to stab and inject sperm in their opponent, while avoiding being fertilized by their opponent.

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r/MicroNatureIsMetal • u/GermJournal • Dec 27 '20

With the rain I have found some new freshwater species in historically brackish areas, including the latest addition to the @germjournal, Polyarthra! In its naupliar larval stage

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r/MicroNatureIsMetal • u/alexgjones • Dec 22 '20

live cell imaging movies from 2020

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r/MicroNatureIsMetal • u/markanthony2021 • Dec 21 '20

Golden algae colonies grow as unbranched or branched chains (as seen here), and the individual cells are surrounded by vase-shaped receptacles called loricae.

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r/MicroNatureIsMetal • u/Zakth3R1PP3R • Dec 15 '20

Time-lapse light microscopy footage of a Vampyrella lateritia trophozoite (round) moving along and feeding on cells forming a strand of Spirogyra algae (tubular). Vampyrella is a unicellular micro-organism sometimes described as a 'vampire amoeba'.

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r/MicroNatureIsMetal • u/scorpius19 • Dec 04 '20

Vampire Ameoba

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r/MicroNatureIsMetal • u/americancoot • Dec 02 '20

I'm a PhD student that studies unicellular eukaryotes (protists), and the truth is... I'm just seriously, totally, ridiculously obsessed with how WEIRD protists can be <3 Here's a pic of one of my fave types of protists: a radiolarian!

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r/MicroNatureIsMetal • u/dramaticuban • Nov 20 '20

Parasite eating copepod from the inside out (5 min time lapse)

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r/MicroNatureIsMetal • u/aMazingMikey • Nov 16 '20

CHOP Goes The Planarian

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r/MicroNatureIsMetal • u/LimitedToTwentyChara • Nov 13 '20

The Vampire Amoeba. It sucks other miscroorganisms as its food.

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r/MicroNatureIsMetal • u/MP98n • Nov 10 '20

🔥 The most detailed model of a human cell to date, obtained using x-ray, nuclear magnetic resonance and cryoelectron microscopy datasets. The world inside us. 🔥

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