Acridine orange stained Protists

Robert Berdan · Post by **Robert Berdan** » Sun Apr 19, 2020 10:55 am

Below are some images taken with an older Nikon Optiphot using blue excitaton and Acridine orange staining. Most images taken with 20X NA 0.75 Nikon Fluor objective.

Bdelloid rotifer

Testate amoeba

Bdelloid rotifer

Oscillatoria blue-green algae

Blue-green algae autofluorescence - unknown species

WalterD · Post by **WalterD** » Tue Apr 21, 2020 10:01 pm

Nice set and interesting experiment, thanks for sharing.
My favourite is the 3rd image. What is the orange colour showing?

Regards,

Walter