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Wonderful Ciliates!

This was recorded back in June '21, but never managed to get around to posting it for you! "The tens of thousands of species of unicellular ciliates, are an array of sizes, shapes and behaviours evolving from a common ancestor over 2 billion years. Inhabiting mosses, soils, and water courses all the way down to the very depths of the Ocean, they play a key role in food webs by feasting upon bacteria, algae, viruses and each other. While ciliates are heterotrophic, meaning they cannot produce their own food like autotrophs i.e. plants do, some ciliates do possess endosymbiotic algae which share the energy they produce with their host. Some ciliates are symbiotes themselves. In particular, ciliates are found in ruminates like sheep, cattle and even Kangaroos! Whilst ciliates can make up to 50% of the biomass in an animals rumen, it’s true purpose there is still a source of debate!" Video taken by Chloé Savard iPhone mounted on a BA310E Motic microscope with an @ilabcam adapter 🔬 Music by Arithmetikmusik Footage by chloé savard, aka Tardibabe all rights beoling to their respective owners. References: Foissner, W., & Hawksworth, D. L. (Eds.). (2009). Protist Diversity and Geographical Distribution. Topics in Biodiversity and Conservation. H., Lynn, Denis (2010). The ciliated protozoa : characterization, classification, and guide to the literature. New York: Springer.