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Bodo (boe-dough) (saltans) a kinetoplastid flagellate. This species is unlike others in the genus because it feeds on particles (bacteria) in suspension and not bacteria which adhere to surfaces. Differential interference contrast. Material from Nymph Creek and Nymph Lake, thermal sites within Yellowstone National Park, photograph by Kathy Sheehan and David Patterson.