It's time to explore a big question while we watch a ciliate go through its last moments.<br/>

The Gruesome Tale of the Hitchhiking Parasite

Lacrymaria: Vicious Long-Necked Predators

Everybody poops, but how does one poop when one does not have a butthole?

To study organisms at the genetic level, we need their DNA. Which means that we need to be able to wade through all the bits and pieces lying within their tiny bodies to pick out something even tinier—something we can’t just dig out with...

You’ve heard those worm horror stories, right? Stories of painful stomach cramps or diarrhea or nausea that eventually turns out to be caused by some worms that have taken up residence in someone’s intestines. It’s so terrifying and wild...

This is kentrophoros, a ciliate that James—our master of microscopes—had been searching for, receiving samples from all over the world in the hopes of finding it gliding around. When you first look at it, it doesn’t seem particularly...

The theme of today's episode is pretty simple: things we never thought we’d be showing you, but here we are.

The Complicated Relationships of the Microcosmos

How to Survive the Microcosmos

The Schoolteacher Who Discovered 700 Ciliates

The diverse groups of microorganisms in the Kingdom Protista are illustrated in this video. Microscopic views compare the main categories of protists. the different phyla of algae are also discussed. Other terminology includes: protozoa,...

ECU TS Paramecium bursaria (species of ciliate protozoan that has mutualistic symbiotic relationship with green algae called Zoochlorella) / Newcastle Emlyn, Ceredigion, United Kingdom

BCU Ciliated protozoa, showing cilia and organelles

ECU TS Paramecium bursaria (species of ciliate protozoan that has mutualistic symbiotic relationship with green algae called Zoochlorella) / Newcastle Emlyn, Ceredigion, United Kingdom

CU Paramecium, Protozoa moving around

ECU TS Paramecium bursaria (species of ciliate protozoan that has mutualistic symbiotic relationship with green algae called Zoochlorella) / Newcastle Emlyn, Ceredigion, United Kingdom

Different microbes moving - magnification 200X

Microscopic view of Ciliates, Differential Interference Contrast

Micro organisms: plant and microbes

Vorticella filter feeding, large nucleus visible

Colony of microorganisms

Microorganism - Stentor

The single-celled organism Euplotes is very common and can often be seen running up and down the filamentous algae in a pond. The legs are modified cilia, called cirri, that move the protozoan over the substrate. Euplotes is flattened...