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VIDEO CLIPS
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Vorticella
10.460MB MPEG View Movie
Nikon Microscopy U
Eight vorticellas, attached to a bit of pond detritus, coil and uncoil in synchrony; under oblique illumination
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Vorticella
9.530MB MPEG View Movie
Nikon Microscopy U
Two vorticellas gather food, using their cilia to sweep particles into their mouth openings; under phase contrast illumination at a magnification of 400x
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Vorticella
8.550MB MPEG View Movie
Nikon Microscopy U
A small group of vorticellas, part a cluster attached to an aquatic plant, coil in response to an unseen stimulus; under oblique illumination
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Vorticella
0.000MB MPEG View Movie
Nikon Microscopy U
A cluster of vorticellas simultaneously emerge from their coiled state, secured to an attachment site; under oblique illumination
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Peranema
Streaming RAM View Movie
Cytographics
Peranema is a colourless euglenid, devoid of chloroplasts. It feeds on other algae, catching them and sucking out their cytoplasm. Here we see one sucking out the contents out of captured green cells.
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Volvox
Streaming RAM View Movie
Cytographics
Reproduction in Volvox: Spherical colonies of Volvox perform a remarkable feat - they turn themselves inside out!
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Zooplankton
9.450MB MOV View Movie
RaceRocks.com
Zooplankton at Race Rocks
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Ciliophora
7.030MB MOV View Movie
BioMedia
Ciliate Diversity
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Acanthocystis
5.010MB MPEG View Movie
Molecular Expressions
A specimen of Acanthocystis floats quietly, then scampers off to an unknown destination; under phase contrast illumination at a magnification of 100x
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Actinophrys
15.540MB MPEG View Movie
Molecular Expressions
An actinophrys explores its world with gently waving axopodia; under phase contrast illumination at a magnification of 200x
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Actinophrys
15.880MB MPEG View Movie
Molecular Expressions
An actinophrys attempts to engulf a captured food item as it floats slowly across the microscope field; under darkfield illumination at a magnification of 200x
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Actinophrys
9.770MB MPEG View Movie
Molecular Expressions
An actinophrys engulfs a morsal of food; under phase contrast illumination at a magnification of 200x
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Amoeba
20.440MB MPEG View Movie
Molecular Expressions
A shape-shifting amoeba looks like it's filled with confetti as it slides across the microscope field; under darkfield illumination at a magnification of 400x
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Amoeba
19.310MB MPEG View Movie
Molecular Expressions
An amoeba engulfs a food item in a process called phagocytosis; under phase contrast illumination at a magnification of 400x
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Amoeba
10.590MB MPEG View Movie
Molecular Expressions
Pseudopodia, or false feet, extend and retract as this amoeba moves across the microscope field; under phase contrast illumination at a magnification of 100x
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Amoeba
11.050MB MPEG View Movie
Molecular Expressions
An amoeba extends its pseudopodia like tentacles as it moves through the water; under darkfield illumination at a magnification of 200x
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Amoeba
9.190MB MPEG View Movie
Molecular Expressions
The jellylike cytoplasm of this amoeba can be observed as it flows through the organism; under darkfield illumination at a magnification of 400x
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Amoeba
20.950MB MPEG View Movie
Molecular Expressions
Streaming pseudopodia fill the microscope field as this amoeba travels through a busy microscopic environment; under phase contrast illumination at a magnification of 400x
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Bursaria
7.600MB MPEG View Movie
Molecular Expressions
Cilia lining the mouth opening of a bursaria can be seen sweeping and sifting for particles of food; under darkfield illumination at a magnification of 100x
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Bursaria
9.270MB MPEG View Movie
Molecular Expressions
A dorsal (top) view of a translucent bursaria with its large mouth opening and food vacuoles easily discernible; under darkfield illumination at a magnification of 100x
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Bursaria
47.320MB MPEG View Movie
Molecular Expressions
A ventral (underside) view of a tumbling bursaria, cilia lining its mouth opening sweep and sift for particles of food; under darkfield illumination at a magnification of 100x
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Bursaria
19.990MB MPEG View Movie
Molecular Expressions
A bursaria propels itself through pondwater; under oblique illumination at a magnification of 100x
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Bursaria
20.840MB MPEG View Movie
Molecular Expressions
The motion of its surface cilia is barely detectable as this bursaria slowly glides through the water; under oblique illumination at a magnification of 100x
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Bursaria
30.540MB MPEG View Movie
Molecular Expressions
A close-up view of a bursaria and its tiny beating cilia, barely noticeable, covering the surface of the organism; under phase contrast illumination at a magnification of 200x
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Coleps
14.450MB MPEG View Movie
Molecular Expressions
A coleps discovers a dead, partially eaten microorganism and gorges itself; under darkfield illumination at a magnification of 400x
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Coleps
6.780MB MPEG View Movie
Molecular Expressions
The protective, calcareous plates that cover Coleps are visible as this organism swims in slow revolutions; under darkfield illumination at a magnification of 200x
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Coleps
7.290MB MPEG View Movie
Molecular Expressions
A coleps swims through pond water, slowly revolving; under darkfield illumination at a magnification of 200x
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Coleps
22.560MB MPEG View Movie
Molecular Expressions
A longer version of Video No. 1, this shows the unique feeding style of Coleps as it revolves to bore out chunks of its prey; under darkfield illumination at a magnification of 400x
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Didinium
8.880MB MPEG View Movie
Molecular Expressions
A ring of beating cilia surround the oral cavity of a didinium laying in wait for its next meal of Paramecium; under phase contrast illumination at a magnification of 200x
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Dileptus
24.460MB MPEG View Movie
Molecular Expressions
A fringe of beating cilia surrounding this dileptus can be seen as it moves across the microscope field; under darkfield illumination at a magnification of 200x
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Dileptus
14.450MB MPEG View Movie
Molecular Expressions
A dileptus stretches a fingerlike projection and uses a side to side motion to move through the water; under darkfield illumination at a magnification of 200x
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Dileptus
25.780MB MPEG View Movie
Molecular Expressions
A dileptus undulates gracefully through the water in its search for food; under darkfield illumination at a magnification of 200x
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Epistylis
9.080MB MPEG View Movie
Molecular Expressions
A colony of Epistylis attached to detritus; under darkfield illumination at a magnification of 100x
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Epistylis
7.560MB MPEG View Movie
Molecular Expressions
An epistylis filter feeding; under phase contrast illumination at a magnification of 400x
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Epistylis
11.990MB MPEG View Movie
Molecular Expressions
A colony of Epistylis attached to underwater vegetation; under darkfield illumination at a magnification of 100x
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Epistylis
4.750MB MPEG View Movie
Molecular Expressions
An epistylis filter feeding; under phase contrast illumination at a magnification of 400x
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