Microscope pictures

Photos taken through a microscope camera
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Vorticella
This incredible protozoan lives in pond water. It has a fringe of cilia surrounding its "mouth" which causes a stream of water to enter bringing its food - even smaller creatures. Go to https://wilsonevescience.blogspot.com/ to see a video of a vorticella feeding.
Spirogyra
Pond water full of spirogyra. Rather wonderful spiral chloroplast is visible.
Shepherd's purse x 10 through a hand lens. Tiny aphids just visible. Above them you can see the distinctive heart-shaped seed pods - the "purses" that help give the plant it's name.
Practical Science Teaching
Beech woolly aphid found on a copper beech tree leaf. x 40. More info on website.
The answer to last week's #MysteryAnatomy structure was #Pseudostratified_Ciliated_Columnar_Epithelium (PCCE). PCCE is composed of several types of #cells with varying shapes and functions. Because the distance between nuclei vary, this tissue appears stratified (hence its name "pseudostratified"). [PCCE is not truly stratified as each cell is attached to the basement membrane.] PCCE possesses #cilia and can be found lining the #nasal_cavity, #trachea, primary #bronchi, and parts of the male #re
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Pumpkin Stem. Can I please buy a microscope so I can just stare at fascinating teeny tiny things for days on end?
Practical Science Teaching
Sand grain X40. Picture taken with mobile phone camera. thanks to Anwar. Ruler in picture to help calculate actual size of the grain. More on website at practical science teaching blog.
Microscopic Plant Cells - Images | Kuhn Photo
Microscopic plant cells
Elodea leaf x 40. Go to : http://wilsonevescience.blogspot.co.uk/2016/03/elodea-great-for-looking-at-real-plant.html for more info.
Conidia forming spores on a mould found growing on a carrot. Stained with methylene blue dye and x100. More at https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=3310269823409632851#editor/target=post;postID=1643566319459692033;onPublishedMenu=posts;onClosedMenu=posts;postNum=0;src=postname