Uploaded June 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
A vibrant and eye-catching microorganism: meet Nassula, a single-celled ciliate that turns meals into color. Under the microscope, this unusual protist reveals striking hues—violet, pink, and even blue—thanks to its cyanobacteria-rich diet. But Nassula is more than just a pretty microbe. Its feeding apparatus, contractile vacuole system, and reproductive behavior offer a fascinating glimpse into life at the microscopic scale.
Captured during a cyanobacteria bloom in a freshwater pond, this footage showcases Nassula in vivid detail—from its swirling food vacuoles to a close look at cell division in progress.
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Fresh and marine water microorganisms and microcrystals viewed through a microscope.
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A vibrant and eye-catching microorganism: meet Nassula, a single-celled ciliate that turns meals into color. Under the microscope, this unusual protist reveals striking hues—violet, pink, and even blue—thanks to its cyanobacteria-rich diet. But Nassula is more than just a pretty microbe. Its feeding apparatus, contractile vacuole system, and reproductive behavior offer a fascinating glimpse into life at the microscopic scale.
Captured during a cyanobacteria bloom in a freshwater pond, this footage showcases Nassula in vivid detail—from its swirling food vacuoles to a close look at cell division in progress.
Subscribe to our channel for more stunning views of pond life, unusual microbes, and the hidden dramas unfolding in the microworld around us.
Visit my website: thaimicrocosmos.com
Fresh and marine water microorganisms and microcrystals viewed through a microscope.
#microscope #science #biology #microorganisms #protist #ciliate #nassula #microbialworld #pondlife #microworld #microbiome #microbiology #cyanobacteria #timelapse
