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Let's see what happens under the microscope These photomicrographs were taken from a wastewater sample from a Dairy. Bright Field, Gram Stains, and Neisser Stains were used. Most of the objectives used were 400x or 1000x. Come take a closer look at the amazing world under the microscope! The filament has characteristics that are not usually found. I have to admit, we have looked at wastewater samples for 13 years and from over 6000 different plants, from SBR's, lagoons, UNOX, racetracks, activated sludge etc. We have looked at Paper, refinery, Food, Breweries, Meat, sugar, textile, juice, chicken, potatoes, chocolate, orange juice, etc. anything you can think of, we have probably looked at it. But we have never seen anything like this. Any comments, identification or suggestions, feel free to contact us ... we are constantly amazed also.
The filament appeared to be a Large Type 0041, but with one strange twist- It appeared to have false branching. There was a sheath, the cells were square, the gram was variable in spots due to high polysaccharide coating, the Neisser also had a little bit of purple visible in spots, again due to high polysaccharide coating. The filament had heavy attached growth. The sample was nutrient deficient and had an older sludge age and many of the conditions ripe for the growth of Type 0041. More to come soon! Want to see more of the Mystery Bug- videos and photos
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Stay tuned each month More to come soon! Test yourself and see if you can identify these filaments. If you cannot, you can always cheat and find the corresponding filament sheets and compare!!! We have helped you out a little and named some of the filaments. See how good you are if you can guess or identify the rest.......... Enlargements: If you liked these pictures and want to see more check out the pages below. Eating under the microscope- Dinner time! Wastewater Biomass Analyses Brochure
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