Sourdough seen under a microscope (VIDEO)

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Sourdough seen under a microscope (VIDEO)

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100X immersion objective
Oblique polarized light and phase contrast
Panasonic GH4 camera
Music: guitarist Victor Gomez

Video link:
https://youtu.be/4PcbByVsbSo

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Re: Sourdough seen under a microscope (VIDEO)

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Very interesting. The little round thingies swimming past the yeast cells are likely bacteria. Out of curiosity I learned that this is essential, as bacteria are critical for the flavor of sourdough. See here for example: https://asm.org/Articles/2020/June/The- ... Microbiome
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Re: Sourdough seen under a microscope (VIDEO)

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Nice to see!

Dave

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