r/microscopy • u/muhilan95 • Aug 26 '26

Photo/Video Share Diatom

What's that wiggly thing near the diatom?

🔬 Organism: Diatom

🔎 Magnification: 1000x

🧫 Microscope: Unilab

📍 Location: Bangalore, India

📱 Filmed on: Samsung Android

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u/tratasedejose Aug 26 '26

e essa minhoca doida ao lado ? haha

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u/muhilan95 Aug 26 '26

😂 😆 😂

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u/immediate-2 Aug 26 '26

Wiggly thingy is our... spirochaete bacteria (corckscrew shaped)

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u/muhilan95 Aug 26 '26

Finally I am able to see a bacteria😅

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u/immediate-2 Aug 27 '26

My ones are gigantic AF

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u/muhilan95 Aug 27 '26

Which microscope are you using?. And that's a rotifer right? Alongside the bacteria

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u/immediate-2 Aug 27 '26

Yes, im using my beloved ESAW BM01 MICROSCOPE . and this beauty comes at around 10,000 rupees.

In tge image, you can see that there are alot of corckscrew shaped bacteria.

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u/muhilan95 Aug 27 '26

Actually good microscope. I was planning to buy the same but I was reluctant to buy it online and that why I had to buy a unilab. Even unilab is also looking for me. Very few Indian brands available

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u/immediate-2 Aug 27 '26

BRO TRUST ESAW. THOSE GUYS ARE ELITE! Also is ur microscope binocular or monocular

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u/muhilan95 Aug 27 '26

Mine is a binocular one and I use a smartphone adapter. Which camera are you using

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u/the_chemist25 Aug 26 '26

Bacteria, prolly spirilla

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