🔬 094 - How BACTERIA attacked and killed a tiny crab | Microscopy

Spirilla are spiral-shaped bacteria. I found them colonizing a small fresh-water crustacean, which ultimately succumbed...
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[@Microbehunter]

Watch more bacteria here: kzbin.info/aero/PL4WoSCazHjWj41Q6O2tLvreKM1SJBtqcf

[@jodiebyramdavies]

Hello! The orange circles within the crustacean are oil globules used as a fat resource and buoyancy mechanism

[@HungryWanderer86]

Crustacean love handles.

[@yeadontwearitout]

I had a feeling they were oil and that's interesting how its used for buoyancy

[@pincopallino1659]

*the crustacean starts falling appart and is visibly dead* "It's not looking very healthy" Amazing video as always!

[@sportsfails4998]

Alessandro Zonta mr stark I don’t feel so good

[@anjirmansinghdongol7542]

@@sportsfails4998 is corona विरुस

[@Mpower20188]

Wow I never even knew that bacteria could be so large. Thank you for another fantastic video, you are so inspiring.

[@CarnivorousPlantsAndGardening]

I never knew Bacteria could be so large either

[@Jmzz542]

Bacteria murder a crab, then they're like: "we are just RECYCLING!!"

[@imaghodorotabor963]

Absolutely amazing. You're doing great work bringing microscopic biology to life and inspiring great interest in my students in Benin City, Nigeria. We're trying to purchase a low cost microscope to start a more practical approach to teaching and your videos have been great inspiration despite our almost-zero budget. Science is global, thanks to ICT as well as informed and generous enthusiasts like you. Best wishes !

[@richardhead8264]

Why did the spirilla refuse to coexist in peace with the crab, but instead chose the pathway of selfish ambition?

[@Helix597]

Are you feeling it now JR KRABS

[@bendirval3612]

I really like all the variety and drama you found in the drop of water.

[@jobjackobrien]

I think any multi species interactions a by far the most interesting. Whether in predation mutualism or parasitsm i think these will be your best videos.

[@sousaphonesuite]

This is so cool! Glad o found this channel long ago! I hope to be able to do this as a hobby when I have more time and money!

[@billlumberg5746]

Love this channel and all those microbes thanks!

[@pheart2381]

I find slides with a depression annoying because its difficult to get the whole sample in focus. Its nice to have the organisms moving freely though.

[@abe365]

I love when this guy says "yeah" between the sentences!

[@RoachieWoW]

wish we coulda got a closer look at those bacteria but good video!

[@Pyriphlegeton]

Wonderful Video. Perhaps you could make a timelapse of such devouring of an organism. Would look amazing, I suppose

[@glasslinger]

OH MY! When I was a kid we would go swimming in ponds like that! EWE! (I'm still alive at 74 though! The spirill didn't get me! )

[@the_mlg_pizza2985]

stay away from brown water!

[@pavelkowalski9830]

hey glasslinger! as if you turn up in all my favorite channels. can you make an x-ray microscope?

[@courtneyraiyn-eshaiyn7815]

Great video 👌👏

[@holguacamol8408]

Love your wholesome content

[@tantris2876]

Wholesome?

[@mihaimihai2151]

Crab doesn't feel so good...

[@majstor76]

"...crab, and you can see thats living happily in the freshwater, its organs are moving, but soon it will be dead" Oliver giving presentation to third graders

[@matthewwagner47]

Very interesting friend.

[@SylvainLicorne]

Awesome videos :)

[@israelramos7441]

I'm already suscribed to your second channel 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@ZG_8636]

that giant protozoan just teleported at 7:16

[@thewarmedic2330]

Keep it up

[@cooleKinder]

My last brain cell during a test:

[@jakekarreofficial]

700th like! Interesting video but also kind of sad. Rest in piece thing

[@habibg2138]

Awesome

[@japancine]

Great content, but I think they were alive and doing fine until you trapped them in between glass plates 😥

[@luluparl1245]

Thats exactly what happened. And the bacteria is allways ready to help to keep the environment clean

[@brittybrad]

Terrifyingly beautiful

[@Lyle-xc9pg]

You mean terrifyingly interesting

[@paulnicholson8524]

That was cool

[@valor36az]

@6:31 you can see some extruded cellular contents in the lower third of the body from the ruptured wall of the organism

[@JeffBeaverTV]

He crushed the crab in a small space and prevented it from simply swimming away from the bacteria...he basically killed the crab by isolating it.

[@brucewright7815]

I came to that conclusion too.. he crushed the crab, maiming it. He even said the organs spilled out... then he watched as bacteria killed it slowly.

[@pheart2381]

I think the bacteria were attacking the animal long before it was put on the slide. It wasnt roped down ready for King Kong to drag it to its doom.

[@gavincurtis]

2:48 a moment of silence for all the crushed crustaceans prior...

[@jf8812]

RIP , i guess it had no chance because you fixed it under the cover glass...?!

[@armourwrld5156]

Is the swift microscope a dry microscope?

[@narayananms620]

I am a microscsope hobbiyist too, thanks to you...how do u disinfect slides once done with observations?

[@Microbehunter]

Depends what was on it. Often I throw them away. Sometimes I collect them and when I have enough of them then I wash them with warm soap water, rinse them in distilled water (to prevent water spots). Cover glasses I usually throw away.

[@suzannep]

Since i cant aford to get new slides & cover slips, I use warm water to rinse of the slide then rubbing alcohol to disinfect. You can use distilled water if water spots are a problem. I also wash the cover slips the same way but very carefully and set them on a lint free cloth to dry (some paper will work to set them on to dry if you can't get lint free cloth).

[@brittybrad]

Okay but that Lego microscope is kinda everything

[@steven-tb9eq]

Microbehunter, AWESOME work !!! I religiously do not subscribe to any channels (hate the notifications). But I do bookmark and recommend. I've got some younger ( *millennials* ) acquaintances that are germophobes and I've recommended they watch your work. It ain't taking though - they still think *they* don't have the same microbiome as a *boomer.* Go figure.

[@thecoolcarhd4402]

Very scary!W

[@JohnMichaelson]

How much time passed between the view at the beginning while its organs were moving and the last view after it was beginning to fall apart?

[@Microbehunter]

Probably not longer than about 15 minutes.

[@niramaygogate7904]

@Microbehunter , Can you also make a video on Foldscope ? Its a low cost folding paper microscope developed by Dr. Manu Prakash from Stanford university. I would like some expert like you to review it.

[@questionminecrafter]

Yes please, i hope he does one on foldscopes

[@cyclingnerddelux698]

One crustacean was harmed in the making of this video.

[@goldocoasto]

Thank you fot this movie. Can you post here the Microscope configuration for this Movie. I gues this id the your Olympus CH40? Thank you

[@titan1286]

Do a flee plzz

[@suhanjain2375]

feel bad for the crustacean lol

[@disasterexperiments493]

Liked and subbed; your channels pretty cool. As of late, I have been doing similar stuff with microscopes and bacteria on my channel if you want to take a look; I got a broken 1960s vintage microscope from my school since it had a tag that said "cost of microscope does not justify repair" and asked a teacher about it and have been fixing it up since. I have also been isolating species of bacteria in anticipation for when I can upgrade the brightfield contrast to see bacteria good with it.

[@aisthpaoitht]

That's sad.

[@matthewwagner47]

Are spirilla dangerous to human if you consume them or anything? Seemed like alot of bacteria in the pond.

[@pauldiaz4273]

Matthew Wagner i believe spirilla are number cause of Periodontal disease in our gums! And other bacteria! Harmful little dudes

[@lucabusch6093]

Yes. There are some sperilla that can make you very sick. A particular one can be transferred by rats. (It's mainly this one reason why rats can be harmful)

[@matthewwagner47]

@@pauldiaz4273 thanks for the feed back friends =)

[@RifaiAL]

What are the possibilities with a 500X Digital Microscope ?

[@spacesimxplore6194]

Not bad, you might be able to see your penis

[@jonathanhadiprasetyanto521]

@@spacesimxplore6194 lmao

[@pinkpanther5379]

I am looking for a good microscope to get detailed* images of protists, blood cells, and mold. I never had a microscope so not wanting to go really cheap and crappy viewing but also not thousands of dollars. Anything under $400 or under $600 which you think is good? I know nearly nothing about microscopes.

[@chloroplast8611]

ill pray for you crab

[@Pedro-kh1ww]

Filme de terror microscópico...

[@ForeverMan]

Learn English

[@a_green_cat]

A worthy sacrifice

[@iwontreplybacklol7481]

I got sick last night from food left out too long. Bacteria are assholes

[@myballzich3270]

That’s why I fear drinking water from anyone who gives me some

[@pauldiaz4273]

I think acid in our stomachs would kill them, not sure though!

[@chloroplast8611]

@@pauldiaz4273 no it wont. they cant be killed by anything

[@TigasCraft42]

This is so sad. Alexa play sad piano music.

[@jaylenemcknight84]

it looked like a bunch of micro worns. what where they?

[@Microbehunter]

Spirilla or spirochaetes

[@bigyanology3766]

This crustacean is Not a crab but Cyclops. Thanks

[@Mockingbird-sg8vv]

What if these bottle opener meet the coke bottle??! 🤔

[@eenayeah]

Spirulla look weird.

[@FawDot]

Oof

[@chloroplast8611]

micro punter

[@shlumpgod]

Trips me out how this crap all exist

[@LoliLoveJuice]

that shrimp gives me hentai vibes

[@letianren1134]

Nice grammar

[@matthewwagner47]

Notice you use same footage in another video about something else.

[@hailiannea2161]

calling peta