Vorticella sp. ciliate, light micrograph

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Phase contrast light micrograph of Vorticella sp. ciliate. Vorticella is a bell-shaped protozoan most commonly found in freshwater. They feed on bacteria and have cilia to help generate a water current to direct prey towards their mouths. Their stalks attach to substrates and can coil up and contract very quickly into a helix to move them. Magnification: x186 when printed on 10 cm wide.

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Photo credit: © MAREK MIS/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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Keywords: background, brown, ciliata, ciliate, ciliates, contrast, freshwater, image, light, micrograph, micrography, microorganism, microorganisms, microphotography, microscope, microscopic, microscopy, organism, phase, photomicrography, polarized, protozoan, protozoans, single-celled, unicellular, vorticella