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Nuclearia
Nuclearia thermophila 1

Spirogyra cell overtaken by Nuclearia thermophila

Nuclearia thermophila 6

Spirogyra cell overtaken by Nuclearia thermophila

Nuclearia thermophila 3

Nuclearia thermophila

Nuclearia thermophila floating

Floating form of Nuclearia thermophila. The Nuclearia is shaped like a ball with a surrounding mucious layer that is home to ectosymbiontic bacteria.

Nuclearia thermophila 5

Different types of forms from left to right: resting cell during phagocytosis, cyst, resting cell during phagocytosis, hungry cell looking for a Spirogyra to invade. The cyst is surrounded by a muccous layer as well. The brown particals in this layer are rests of phagocytosis.

Nuclearia thermophila cysts

Cyst of Nuclearia thermophila

Nuclearia thermophila 2

Can you count the number of Nuclearia thermophila in this image? In the upper right corner there is a Pseudospora parasitica zoocyst visible.

Nuclearia thermophila 7

Nuclearia thermophila

Nuclearia thermophila 8

Nuclearia thermophila

Nuclearia thermophila 4

Nuclearia thermophila

Nuclearia delicatula

Nuclearia sp. from another sample with Spirogyra algae. This could be N. delicatula.

Nuclearia sp. floating

Floating form of Nuclearia thermophila. The Nuclearia is shaped like a ball with a surrounding mucious layer that is home to ectosymbiontic bacteria

Nuclearia sp.

Nuclearia sp.

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