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I am informing myself about some microorganisms and I found some interesting ones I would like to explore: | |||
==='''Stentor Protist'''=== | ==='''Stentor Protist'''=== | ||
[http://https://study.com/academy/lesson/stentor-protist-reproduction-anatomy-habitat.html Stentor Protist: Reproduction, Anatomy & Habitat] | [http://https://study.com/academy/lesson/stentor-protist-reproduction-anatomy-habitat.html Stentor Protist: Reproduction, Anatomy & Habitat] | ||
They are shaped like little trumpets and they are made up of a single cell but some of them are large enough to be seen by naked eye. Usually found in ponds or lakes (freshwater environments) | They are shaped like little trumpets and they are made up of a single cell but some of them are large enough to be seen by naked eye. Usually found in ponds or lakes (freshwater environments). '''Interesting feature''': they are remarkable for their regenerative power > when it is cut in half, each half is able to regenerate a half-sized cell that has its normal anatomy and will look the same way it did prior to being cut. There are green, blue and amethyst colored species. | ||
[[File:stentor-a-trumpet-shaped-organism-with-interesting-behaviour.jpg|299px]] | [[File:stentor-a-trumpet-shaped-organism-with-interesting-behaviour.jpg|299px]] | ||
[[File:Stentory.jpg|174px]] | [[File:Stentory.jpg|174px]] | ||
==='''Hydras'''=== | |||
They are considered animals, predatory freshwaters microorgranisms; they can be found in ponds, lakek and other slow-moving waters. They feed on different creatures (e.g. insect larvae and small crustaceans) and they die only because of injuries, diseases, starvation or being eaten. '''Interesting feature''': they can develop a mutualistic relationship with algae > the hydra feed on things that would otherwise predate on the algae, while the algae produce photosynthetic compounds that can be utilized as a food source by the hydra. ♥️ | |||
[[File:hydra.jpeg|300px]] | |||
[[File:hydra.jpeg|300px]] | |||
''18/11/2020'' | ''18/11/2020'' | ||
==='''Research: polarized light microscopy'''=== | ==='''Research: polarized light microscopy'''=== | ||