This
month's image shows a group of Paramecium, one of the larger protozoa
or single-celled animals which can attain a size of 300um. It is fairly
common in freshwater habitats and is commonly used as a textbook example
of a ciliated protozoa.
This
month's image shows a group of Paramecium, one of the larger protozoa
or single-celled animals which can attain a size of 300um. It is fairly
common in freshwater habitats and is commonly used as a textbook example
of a ciliated protozoa.
A detailed article on Paramecium illustrated with photomicrographs and diagrams to show the structure is available in the Micscape Library.
Image taken by Mike Samworth, one of the regular contributors
to Micscape magazine. Notes by David Walker.
Comments to the author Mike Samworth welcomed.
Micscape is the on-line monthly magazine of the Microscopy
UK web
site at Microscopy-UK
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