Micro-vortex by a Cell

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  • Опубліковано 27 січ 2019
  • Hey hey! I prepared a simple demonstration for you today. This blue cutie is a single-celled organism called Stentor coeruleus. It's quite a beautiful creature and one of my favorite things to watch under the microscope. Nope not after sperm so stop asking. 🙄😂
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    Stentors are part of a highly advanced single-celled group called "ciliates". The name comes from the hair-like structures called "cilia" which cover the cells fully or sometimes partially.
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    This Stentor's cell is covered with these tiny cilia. Cilia are used for locomotion and feeding. Beating of these thousands of tiny cilia propels the cell in the water also the beating brings the food particles into Stentor's mouth by creating a vortex. 🌪️
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    So I used one of my homegrown algae cultures to visualize it for you. Those tiny green bits are all algae. I cultured these algae at home and they came from blueberries I bought from the supermarket 😂. I washed the blueberries with a bit of water, ate the berries 😋 and added some liquid plant fertilizer (which I bought from the same supermarket 😂) in that water and after couple of months on my windowsill water turned to bright green and there were there! They are incredibly small but extremely beautiful and I thought I can add couple of drops of those algae into a slide with some Stentors to make the feeding vortex much more visible.
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    Can you see the current? The vortex? Isn't it amazing that this tiny cell has an ability to feed itself like this? It can pull the food particles and even some other cells into its mouth and eat them just like I ate the blueberries.
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    Nom nom nom. 😋
    Thank you for watching and reading!
    Nom nom nom 🤤
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 76

  • @mickles1975
    @mickles1975 5 років тому +93

    "Nope not after sperm so stop asking."
    LOL

  • @cybeasts
    @cybeasts 5 років тому +9

    your love for cells makes me so happy, I know almost nothing about single celled organisms but your enthusiasm in the description is so infectious. you go lil stentor, eat that algae

  • @GyLala
    @GyLala 5 років тому +50

    Cell Black Hole 🤔

  • @ranmindyt2902
    @ranmindyt2902 5 років тому +48

    It looks like a magnetic field 😲

  • @FatalTaco
    @FatalTaco 5 років тому +9

    This is the equivalent of me swimming in burgers as I'm shoving them all into my mouth

  • @karuereef4841
    @karuereef4841 5 років тому +28

    So that's how hurricanes start.. huh

  • @solpetals
    @solpetals 5 років тому +1

    You don't get nearly enough likes and recognition for your videos! These are so precious, and informative. Keep up the amazing work!

  • @wojtekimbier
    @wojtekimbier 5 років тому

    Your video descriptions are THE best

  • @fauxvier8519
    @fauxvier8519 5 років тому +1

    Thank you for the fun explanation!

  • @isabellebergevin
    @isabellebergevin 5 років тому

    It's so beautiful!

  • @thrasherrrr
    @thrasherrrr 5 років тому

    Brilliant!

  • @kellydrodgers8957
    @kellydrodgers8957 5 років тому

    This is just so incredibly beautiful to watch. :)

  • @Shetasen
    @Shetasen 5 років тому

    I love this channel it is so meditative.

  • @themartincrew7164
    @themartincrew7164 5 років тому

    Just found your channel. I'm in my second year of microbiology rn and I love your content

  • @chocozeus920
    @chocozeus920 5 років тому

    Amazing!!

  • @Felevr
    @Felevr 5 років тому

    I love your video dude, reallly reallyyy mezmerising

  • @gatotacha
    @gatotacha 5 років тому

    Gracias muy buen trabajo

  • @davidci
    @davidci 5 років тому

    I just discovered this channel. Great content, I have to say!

  • @TheCatAteMyShoe
    @TheCatAteMyShoe 5 років тому

    He looks like a tiny green turnip.

  • @joehostile4541
    @joehostile4541 5 років тому +1

    So you’re saying you eat blueberries by sucking them up in a vortex?

  • @A3Kr0n
    @A3Kr0n 5 років тому

    It would be cool to see a slo-mo of the cilia.

  • @hectorbacchus
    @hectorbacchus 5 років тому

    What camera do you use? Do you add extra lighting for the microscope?

  • @manuelmendezordaz4884
    @manuelmendezordaz4884 5 років тому

    Gran canal

  • @johann6760
    @johann6760 5 років тому

    Hi im also getting into microbiology and just wanted to know what microscope you are using.

  • @dalklavender1240
    @dalklavender1240 5 років тому

    Lol it's like that cell has its own gravitational field

  • @NoName-ze4qn
    @NoName-ze4qn 5 років тому

    Stentor the last -air- waterbender

  • @yesihavereadit
    @yesihavereadit 5 років тому

    What microscope and camera do you use?

  • @VCmusic900
    @VCmusic900 5 років тому

    Which microscope did you use for this?

  • @redfishcam8328
    @redfishcam8328 5 років тому

    What is your setup? I’m OMAX, 18 MP camera with toupview software. But I can’t figure out how to prevent it from encoding my videos

  • @anchoriticparliament6343
    @anchoriticparliament6343 5 років тому +3

    How does the algea get in? It's kind of just floating around it?

    • @user-si5fm8ql3c
      @user-si5fm8ql3c 5 років тому

      i think it Gets absorbed By the Cell Wall

  • @theshuman100
    @theshuman100 5 років тому +2

    Algae from blueberries???

  • @hernanjimenezfarias4214
    @hernanjimenezfarias4214 5 років тому

    Life under low reynolds :)

  • @EmmeCalabaza
    @EmmeCalabaza 5 років тому

    Visits incomming

  • @bhavinsinghsolanki6084
    @bhavinsinghsolanki6084 5 років тому

    You should try 360°

  • @justintime970
    @justintime970 5 років тому

    Stationary filter feeding???

  • @gavincurtis
    @gavincurtis 5 років тому

    I take that it is in nom nom nom nom mode?

  • @TranscendentalMindX
    @TranscendentalMindX 5 років тому +1

    A vortex- Wormholes have to be put somewhere by an intelligent civilization, they say. Meanwhile in the comments- "I wAnNa SeE sPeRm~! 😳💩🤦🏽‍♂️"

  • @manuelmendezordaz4884
    @manuelmendezordaz4884 5 років тому

    Una sugerencia mia seria poner subtitulos en español tambien

  • @bbyjue9296
    @bbyjue9296 5 років тому

    I want to see inside that cell.

  • @str1xt
    @str1xt 5 років тому

    It's a baby Grinch don't be fooled!!! 😂😂

  • @julianzamarchi7828
    @julianzamarchi7828 5 років тому

    Is technology an organism?

    • @julianzamarchi7828
      @julianzamarchi7828 5 років тому

      We evolved from single cell organisms and everyday we make advancements in technology that is evolving. someday, at this rate, it will become more advanced than human beings rendering biological organisms obsolete.

  • @wilfredojafredtorresvazque1311
    @wilfredojafredtorresvazque1311 5 років тому +16

    I like your channel, but you should really add music to the vids

    • @jagermain9740
      @jagermain9740 5 років тому +11

      honestly i like the way the vids are without music. the music people always play over vids like these is annoying

    • @amj.composer
      @amj.composer 5 років тому +7

      @@jagermain9740 Nope you're stupid

    • @eduardoanonimo3031
      @eduardoanonimo3031 5 років тому +2

      @@amj.composer you're stupid, put some classical piece of art, no this shit that it's playing in you're head like Justin Bieber or Despacito...

    • @str1xt
      @str1xt 5 років тому +3

      Anger on the Internet , who woulda thunked it. . I'm quite happy with no music. 90% of the time it's just bloody awful.
      Great video btw !!!!

    • @amj.composer
      @amj.composer 5 років тому +4

      @@eduardoanonimo3031 You're beyond stupid if you just randomly assumed out of your ass that I was referring to that trash music.
      In fact I literally just had classical music in my head.

  • @GeorgTheGr8
    @GeorgTheGr8 5 років тому +5

    succ

  • @shrekfanboy1734
    @shrekfanboy1734 5 років тому

    Succ

  • @kddoddok7408
    @kddoddok7408 5 років тому

    put some music ffs,how are you expecting views with no music,lol,people these day never understand

  • @eduardoanonimo3031
    @eduardoanonimo3031 5 років тому

    More music and sperm!