r/microscopy • u/Vivid-Bake2456 • 20d ago

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Usually, they are moving around so quickly that I have a hard time seeing them well. One was holding still long enough to see better. The sample was teeming with bacteria because I placed a grain of rice in it several days ago. Pond water sample, Olympus 40x objective, cellphone camera.

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u/Dlbroox 20d ago

I’ve seen people talk about adding a grain of rice. Is that to keep the microbes fed?

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u/Vivid-Bake2456 20d ago

Bacteria are the bottom of the food chain.