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Mystery Bug of the Month

November-07

Stalked Loricates. . . . . Indications that you have a medium sludge age, similar to stalk ciliates

The Loricates are a phylum of microscopic animals abundant in fresh water and marine environments. These are ciliate protozoans that are are sessile and stalked, yet have a Lorica or hard outer shell covering.

If you see this in your slide under the microscope, it means you probably are running a pretty normal, good sludge age and are meeting BOD permit levels easily.

These photomicrographs were taken from a wastewater sample. Most of the objectives used were 100 and 400x and 1000x.

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typical length : 150-250 mm	Dead stalk with shell

A lorica is a tubular, conical, or vaselike structure secreted by some protozoans. Some species may even incorporate sand grains and other particles into the lorica for reinforcement. The lorica is typicall closed at one end, and has a large opening at the anterior end through which part of the organism or its appendages may be extended. Rotifers also have a lorica, although a different shape.



this is 1000x Gram stain, the organism shrunk in the loricate or shell, which is the lighter pink	here you can see the base and stalk
	1000x
1000x	1000x
1000x Here you can see the stalk and a flagellate outside	1000x
1000x	1000x
1000x	1000x Lacto Phenol Cotton Blue stain
1000x	1000x 1851 filament on the outside
400x	400x
	100x Phase
200x Phase contrast









Thuricola, Platycola, Cothurnia and Vaginicola are in the same family with only minor characteristics differences Many are primarily freshwater.	Scientific classification Taxonomy (ITIS) Kingdom Animalia Phylum Ciliophora Class Ciliatea Subclass Peritricha Order Peritrichida Suborder Sessilina Family Vaginicolidae Genus Thuricola

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