Fresh water Ciliate: Stentor coeruleus
Used Zeiss Axioscope, Nikon Optiphot and Olympus E microscopes, photographed with Nikon D700, D500 and D800 cameras
Bright field showing basal cup, this ciliate just injested a rotifer visible in vacuole near the foot.
Bright field microscopy 50X
Phase contrast microscopy
DIC microscopy
DIC microscopy showing beaded macronucleus 600X
Stentor stained wiht Acridine orange Fluorescence microscopy 50X
Stentor coeruleus by various Microscopy techniques
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63X objective Dry - no stacking
The 4th shot is not stacked of the Stentor, neither is the 5th shot showing the macronucleus, it was taken with a 63X objective NA 085 dry Zeiss infinity objective.