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Orinda, California, United States
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Alsace, France
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Also known as the Scambled Egg Slime Mold. A common and widespread congregation of minute Protozoa. Physaraceae Family.
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Orinda, California, United States
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Nis, Nishava, Serbia
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Nis, Nishava, Serbia
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Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland
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2016.09.20 Mustavuori, Helsinki, Finland
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Concentrations of amoeba like protozoa collect to form pink pustules, that turn back into pink slime at a touch. Manning Park, British Columbia. Tubiferaceae Family.
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In Spring on Mt. Elphinstone, British Columbia. Stemonitidaceae Famly
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Newent, England, United Kingdom
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image courtesy of Dr. William F. Loomis
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Polymastix is an oxymonad flagellate with and almond or spindle-shaped body with four free anterior flagella arranged in two pairs. Flagella deflected backwards but not adherent to the cell body. Nucleus pointed anteriorly, reduced anterior pelta and slender axostyle generally not protruding posteriorly. Several species occurring in xylophagous insects such as Polymastix melolonthae from coleopterid larvae. Polymastix sp. from the cockroach Parasphaeria boleiriana from Brazil, anterior flagella, body covered with epibiontic Fusiformis bacteria (interference contrast).
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Polymastix is an oxymonad flagellate with and almond or spindle-shaped body with four free anterior flagella arranged in two pairs. Flagella deflected backwards but not adherent to the cell body. Nucleus pointed anteriorly, reduced anterior pelta and slender axostyle generally not protruding posteriorly. Several species occurring in xylophagous insects such as Polymastix melolonthae from coleopterid larvae. Polymastix sp. from the cockroach Parasphaeria boleiriana from Brazil with epibiontic Fusiformis bacteria (interference contrast).
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This is an image of multiple fruiting bodies.
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Pelomyxa is an amoeboid organism that inhabits mud in freshwater sites where there is little or no oxygen. The bright bits inside are pieces of sand.
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Pelomyxa, an unusual amoeba from areas with little oxygen. The front of the cell is to the upper right, and the crumpled structure, a uroid, is at the back. This organism eats algae and the cytoplasm also contains sand grains.
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Mastigamoeba (massed-ig-a-me-ba) One of about 5 genera of pelobionts. These organisms are unusual in lacking mitochondria, dictyosomes and were for some time regarded as the most primitive of all eukaryotes. Most species which have been studied can adopt a variety of morphologies - including flagellates, amoebae, and cysts. The flagellates typically have one very long flagellum which beats in a fairly ineffectual fashion - and mostly progress by gliding. Body of cell most usually adopts an amoeboid form - such as that illustrated here. Typically found in habitats with little or no oxygen. Phase contrast.
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Mastigamoeba (massed-ig-a-me-ba) One of about 5 genera of pelobionts. These organisms are unusual in lacking mitochondria, dictyosomes and were for some time regarded as the most primitive of all eukaryotes. Most species which have been studied can adopt a variety of morphologies - including flagellates, amoebae, and cysts. The flagellates typically have one very long flagellum which beats in a fairly ineffectual fashion - and mostly progress by gliding. Body of cell most usually adopts an amoeboid form - such as that illustrated here. Typically found in habitats with little or no oxygen. Phase contrast.
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Mastigamoeba (massed-ig-a-me-ba) One of about 5 genera of pelobionts. These organisms are unusual in lacking mitochondria, dictyosomes and were for some time regarded as the most primitive of all eukaryotes. Most species which have been studied can adopt a variety of morphologies - including flagellates, amoebae, and cysts. The flagellates typically have one very long flagellum which beats in a fairly ineffectual fashion - and mostly progress by gliding. Body of cell most usually adopts an amoeboid form. Typically found in habitats with little or no oxygen. Phase contrast.
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