🔬 124 - Where to find beautiful DIATOMS (moving!) in winter

[@CLofMAL]

3:38 the diatom is smiling :)

[@GeneraluStelaru]

Your Pareidolia skills are amazing! :)

[@MattyExplore]

I noticed that too! So cute :)

[@justarandomguywithoutabear7234]

Ok time to go :)

[@shortnotesoneverything]

Thanks for another gorgeous video! I believe I've found the description of what's happening at 6:14 in Wikipedia: >Some pennate diatoms are capable of a type of locomotion called "gliding", which allows them to move across surfaces via adhesive mucilage secreted through the raphe (an elongated slit in the valve face).

[@Bibibosh]

I really enjoy watching your channel. You are highly educated, I highly respect that. Also I just want to say that : 1. Your videos are amazing (and i watch alot on KZbin so trust me) 2. Your voice and presentation is amazing. (Its not annoying or whiney) 3. When a single bacterium attacks another bacterium. The shell disappears instantly like a bubble. I find it remarkably fascinating how a cell can just die instantly. Like a human can live without an arm. If a crocodile attacks a human and eats a leg or two ;The human doesn't explode in a mist of particles. 4. Happy New Year 2020 -from Australia!

[@Microbehunter]

Thank you for the nice comment!

[@Bibibosh]

Thanks for the heart 💖

[@Bibibosh]

Nvm

[@coltonfarra9206]

Thankyou for the great videos Oliver! This one is as awesome as always! Showing some protozoa in phase contrast might make for an interesting video if you are so inclined!

[@rberdan1]

HI - I just want to say I really enjoy your videos, and I am a member of your Microscopy blog. I think you are doing a wonderful job promoting microscopy and I put lots of links on my web site to your videos. You cover an incredible number of topics - you make an excellent teacher. Robert Berdan

[@SevenRavens007]

Thank you very much. I recently bought a microscope and looked through one for the first time. As you can imagine a new world opened up for me. Your videos are a great source of inspiration and encouragement. Thank you!

[@Itsthefry69]

Great video, very interesting! I love looking at moss and fungi but I love microbes too, thanks for making these videos!

[@albertmarti2718]

0:22 now that's one happy diatom

[@websurfer5772]

I'm your 600th 👍. Diatoms are incredibly fun to watch.

[@lellolauren]

Your videos are so beautiful! I'm finally utilizing the microscope lab at my university to look at microbes inspired by your videos. Thank you!!

[@intensecutn]

I'm watching a diatom right now, a very cylindrical shape one, and it is changing shape. Going from cylindrical to banana type shape. Very weird, I did not know they did that. It's also moving around too like the ones in this video. I never knew they moved so fast. Every other one I saw moved very slow.

[@donbenjamin6459]

Thanks for you work. It is awesome that we could see this litles organism. Greetings from arg

[@felixvaillancourt6320]

Wow! It's very nice to see!

[@gatotacha]

Muy hermosas imágenes de nuestras amigables vecinos las diatomeas. Gracias

[@tbjas]

Wintertime he says. Over here in the Netherlands it's 9 degrees C. Wish it was colder this time of year.

[@kimmosanky7353]

0:37 "So next I am going to take all.. some of the moss here. Unfortunately I forgot my plastic containers at home so I am just going to leave it here"

[@lifeliveit2961]

@3:38 that thing has smiley face inside

[@paulfarrell5935]

Thank you so very much! This was the perfect topic at the perfect time and as usual it was very helpful and informative. I live in Massachusetts in the Northeast USA and it looks like we have the same type of weather. I have been reluctant to try and get water samples since most of the lakes and ponds are frozen and I didn’t think there would be anything to find. However thanks to this video I’ll be out microbe hunting tomorrow.

[@thingsido6303]

Hello Paul. I also live in the Northeast near Buffalo NY. Try taking some half-rotted leaves that are on the ground and some snow and put it in a cup. Bring it inside and let the snow melt with the leaves in it. Then take a sample and look at it under the microscope. Life! The next day I looked at a sample and there was so much more in it! Try it out!

[@paulfarrell5935]

Things I Do Outstanding! I will definitely try that! Thanks!👍👍👍

[@prashantpandey2313]

Awesome video

[@astropartii]

thank you for these! could you do a digital vs. non- microscopes episode?

[@interviewkityari6804]

Very nice public information ! Love from india!

[@cmacdhon]

Thank you for another brilliant video.

[@mikestenhouse3199]

Great video. I have subscribed and will watch your other stuff :-)

[@jamiekoenigstaff2533]

Thanks for your videos!!

[@depausvandelilithkerk5785]

The 81 like was mine which makes me happy for it is divicible by 3 81:3=27:3=9:3=3:3=1

[@mhatre8333]

Gr8 to see your video🎥

[@terrybennett8692]

Another wonderfully informative video, can i ask, if you collected some water samples from a very cold environment and kept it inside, would there be a increase in micro organisms.

[@Microbehunter]

If conditions are right, quite well possible. Sometimes there is a progression of different microorganisms. Warmer temperature might cause more bacterial growth, decay, which then serves as food for ciliates etc.

[@mikb4372]

Hi great video, what about tardigrade and Ameoba?? until now i have not found any one . what about you ??

[@Microbehunter]

Have found some, but it requires patience. Tardigrades can be found in moss. Amoeba in some water samples.

[@flioink]

The Swift 380T from your web shop looks tempting, but doesn't have a darkfield upgrade option. Then again I suppose a "ghetto" darkfield is possible with the aid of a 3d printer.

[@micro8399]

I have that model. If you go to my channel you can see videos I did with a dark field filter. I wish I got a microscope with an actual dark field condenser but the filter option does a decent job.

[@flioink]

@@micro8399 Your stuff looks great , looks like darkfield. What would be the advantage of a built in DF condenser?

[@micro8399]

@@flioink I dont know actually I just assume the condenser would work better since they cost over $100 and a little plastic filter can be made for like $1. Maybe the condensers are a scam idk.

[@flioink]

@@micro8399 "Maybe the condensers are a scam " That's what I thought when I saw people jerry-rig filters.

[@Microbehunter]

To my knowledge there are two possibilities here. A. A: condenser that has a flat Darkfield Patch stop filter built in. And B: A condenser that has a concave mirror built in, which redirects the light. Here is an interesting link that describes this system: www.olympus-lifescience.com/fr/microscope-resource/primer/techniques/darkfield/

[@charliepeck4353]

Who else saw the smiley face at 3:25? :)

[@NotSoLiberal]

Can you make a video about Diple? Are they for real?

[@tenzingeche8377]

Why I cant find any protozoans in my microscope. I collected many water samples.please help me microbe hunter. I have compound microscope. 100×

[@KojakShorts]

What country do you live in? It's very gorgeous and I've always wondered. Thanks for the videos, I got a microscope after seeing your videos and have been enjoying microscopy. I'm currently studying biology, in preparation for graduate school. Love you!

[@Microbehunter]

I am from Austria/Europe (which explains my somewhat German accent). I went to an English-speaking school abroad, though.

[@rustynuts4426]

I must have a million of them in my jar right now

[@sevgi6026]

Could you please reply and tell me why your microscopes are so expensive? Im talking about the shipping to france, +127 euro! That so much, i tought i would save for christmas, birthday, and then christmas again to have 300$ to buy i microscope. Then i happen to really like yours, but now i see that it is 430 euro... now il have to find another website, Amazon is trash, ebay, wish all trash Now where do i buy one? Someone tell me where to buy a good microscope

[@Microbehunter]

Amazon does have good microscopes it depends on the model. Used microscopes are risky but it is possible. My microscope is so expensive because it is Olympus. The cheapest new Olympus microscope costs EUR 1000 these days. If you want to buy used, then look for Olympus CH2. My Olympus CH40 is not made anymore.

[@DoctaOsiris]

I really wish I could afford a microscope, I love watching this channel but it makes me feel so jealous... 🤦💥 🤣

[@ArchangelExile]

These little guys are in toothpaste if I remember correctly.

[@Microbehunter]

Yes, diatomaceous earth (as it is called) has multiple uses due to its large surface area. They (used to?) put it into toothpaste to make it more "abrasive". I also heard that it was part of dynamite.

[@ArchangelExile]

@@Microbehunter i think I remember hearing that they were removed from toothpaste because they were too abrasive and were shao removing enamel. I'm not sure, I could be misremembering. And I could see them being used in dynamite.

[@basilioruvalcaba1629]

Pongan sustitulos en español gracias

[@samschuetz6834]

neat