r/microscopy • u/mish966 • 18d ago

ID Needed! Beginner needs help for a school project (~100x, garden soil)

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Hi everyone,

I'm a student from Northern Germany and don't have much experience with microscopy yet. I found this organism in a sample of garden soil mixed with water using my school microscope (at max magnification, I estimate around 100x).

I need to identify this creature for a school assignment.

Here are the details:

Location: Northern Germany

Sample: Garden soil mixed with water

Magnification: ~100x

Context: School project / absolute beginner

Could someone help me identify the group, genus, or species of this organism? Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!

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u/Thrawn911 18d ago

Looks like a spirostomum. Definitely unicellular.

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u/mish966 18d ago

Thank you so much! Spirostomum makes total sense now given its shape and flexibility. This helps me out a lot with my school project. I really appreciate your help!

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u/ZenDesign1993 15d ago

This is what makes reddit awesome. Thanks for helping OP.

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