Vinegar Mother Under the Microscope

Microscopic video of a vinegar mother.
Media used in the previous video is tryptic soy agar (TSA). TSA can grew some acetic acid bacteria, but the bacteria in the vinegar didn't. I assumed that meant they were dead, but this shows I was wrong and they are alive.
Camera - Nikon D3300
Microscopes - Leica ATC 2000
Microscope magnification of each shot is shown in the bottom right hand corner.
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[@transformerfoxyfloof8341]

0:48 looks like an egg yolk

[@recipesunboxing5563]

Yeahhhhh

[@rokukou]

especially with that cloudy vinegar around it, it strikingly resembles a raw egg.

[@zerounk2741]

When i saw the video thumbnail i thought it was an egg yolk

[@KellyS25]

I remember a "mother" formed in one of my salad dressings about a year ago and I thought my dressing had gone bad way before the expiration. After searching if it was still okay to use on salad, I found it was called a mother and that people consider them very lucky. Cool video!

[@mhl653]

you mean very icky?! Cause yuck!

[@rickvasquez6677]

That’s disgusting. Delete this lmao

[@TheBrokenSolstice]

@@mhl653 The reason might be that you can use the mother of vinegar as a cultivation colony to produce more batches of vinegar, much like bacteria colonies in yogurt. It's not a bad thing, it's just the bacteria that make vinegar what it is.

[@shwingleman]

@@rickvasquez6677 oh boo hoo, I grew bacteria in my probiotic food item

[@ithmiths]

I accidentally drank one out of a thing of almond milk. Never came so close to actually loosing it cuz that was fucking DISCUSTING and yes i threw up almost instantt

[@jessicavicencio7142]

Me and my son always love to watch your videos. He's 7yo and super interested in science. :)

[@sci-inspi]

That is awesome!

[@RainbowMama143]

Wow, this brought back a memory of something I had completely forgotten about! I was probably 8 years old and I remember my brother (5 yo) and I finding a blob of something that looked exactly like that and it covered the entire bottom of the jar. I don’t remember what we found it in. We poked at it for like an hour, wondering what in the world it was, smelling it (it was vinegary), touching it, squishing it, holding it up to the light…. Now I know!

[@erikawwad7653]

shit I would have ate it

[@crypticshadows]

@@erikawwad7653 do you just eat random things you find around the house? sometimes I find random little crumbs and eat them just to see if it’s an actual crumb- 🗿

[@jjjjulian]

@@crypticshadows aw hell na💀💀

[@crypticshadows]

@burteriksson it’s always fun to see if I eat a dead bug or piece of skin or a tasty piece of candy from earlier it’s like gambling but much weirder

[@ChaoscelusApollyon]

@@crypticshadows lmao that reminded me of the time I didn't wipe my butt after pooping, and while I was picking on my butt I felt a few crumbs, and so I ate it just to make sure it was actually crumbs, turns out it was just dry poop 😂

[@GlowingEagle]

We love that protective extracellular matrix

[@user72974]

This music is so good. Perfect background music for slow paced subtitled science videos.

[@arthurh681]

I remember one time one of those formed in a bottle of red wine vinegar I had, and it was weirdly large, like I'd say 10cm in diameter or so. Just a bit fat circle like a piece of jellied cranberry sauce. I was freaked out by it and didn't know what it was, but looking back that was actually pretty cool.

[@being_me_emrrys1766]

I just realized you do the music yourself! It makes the videos so much better! Thank you for that!

[@Peanutbutter_Funk]

I know the focus is on the micro shots, but your music has gotten to be so impressive! Not sure if you write/record yourself but just wanted to shout out the creator(s)! ✌😊

[@Wetbread127]

Sci Inspi makes the music himself. Look at the description :)

[@Hello-mp5vr]

This was a wonderful break from current US events, thank you. Life is so beautiful.

[@dickJohnsonpeter]

What event specifically? The boob light pooper? Grab both railroad tracks and crack them like whips just to show them who's boss then put one foot on each rail and skate off down the tracks? Or the two cylindrical cubes? Those were the only things in the news in 2001.

[@askhowiknow5527]

A year later and the Ukraine has been invaded, Taiwan is next, and Hunter’s laptop was real

[@Hello-mp5vr]

I was high as a kite when I wrote this. Relax everyone.

[@eggo5643]

@@dickJohnsonpeter cracking railroad tracks like whips, boob light poopers... that's amazing, what are those? is that a reference to something? cause i couldn't find anything about any of those and it's fascinating

[@Bruceylancer]

Oh, that particular life form isn’t beautiful at all. Especially when invasive bacteria form such a biofilm somewhere in your body. Makes it incredibly hard to treat.

[@TreCayUltimateLife]

my favorite part of this video is around 3:00. Just previous to this he says that cellulose is responsible for holding the bacteria together, but that cellulose is not viewable by optical microscope so we can't see it, only it's effects. This is so clear at the 3 minute mark you see the bacteria moving as if laying on a wavy sheet of the invisible material. Way cool.

[@sci-inspi]

My favorite part too!

[@dteq6194]

you make fascinating and beautiful videos! Are they your guitar recordings too? They're also beautiful and suit the footage really well

[@sci-inspi]

Yea they are, thank you.

[@Mairasa89]

Wow ! Looks like the folds of a blanket

[@jcfm1629]

My old balsamic vinegar had 3 blobs in it, had to break the glass bottle to see it up close. Now I know it's called a "vinegar mother". The vinegar was still good tho, used it on my adobo.

[@yz915]

Beautiful video and music! Much love and respect from Barcelona

[@effervescentrelief]

Funny, I just prepared a drink with Braggs ACV. Keeps my heartburn at bay.

[@user-ii9qv1yz5x]

Love your vids. They're so educational yet easy to understand. Keep up the work💝 Also happy new year!!

[@sci-inspi]

Thank you! You too!

[@Simaris]

I absolutely love your music, what guitar do you have??

[@sci-inspi]

It is a Carvin DC135

[@JohnnyFaber]

Dig the runs in that tune! Sounds great 👍

[@SeannaRose]

Your videos are always fascinating!

[@Spazticspaz]

This is why if you want to have the full benefits of the vinegar you need to shake the bottle up in order to get that bacteria into your dose. Always mix it with some water because drinking it straight can be damaging to your esophagus

[@anderjohmetallica]

I'm going to show this to my biology classes. Thanks!!

[@slightlycoolcube2514]

I have apple cider vinegar, and it had two, mini-pancake sized blobs of mother. It was very interesting to look at.

[@g3nj1]

I like your music. Very cool. I dig the layered guitars and the way you progress the song. Talented and honed skills bro.

[@Dan-ud8hz]

That last clip looks like an old canvas ready to be painted on

[@TheWatcher369]

I have a glass of diluted apple cider vinegar every day to keep the doctor away.

[@johnquinn456]

Well done! Thank you

[@ehsper392]

I showed this video to my drunk friend and he cried. 10/10

[@sci-inspi]

Lol why did he cry?

[@ehsper392]

Haha I think he was just so in awe of the bacteria!

[@wildwomanherbs]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@achyutsingh5298]

Bros literally vibe checking them bacterias

[@stephanielove2847]

What even are you trying to say here? Like, Its cool youre interested in science, but this kind of idiocy is not going to further humanity.

[@raqreqentba]

@@stephanielove2847 .... Huh? It's just a fun way of saying "he's shoving the bacteria around and seeing what happens". No idiocy, just ... Language?

[@brsrc759]

Love this channel

[@joejo7717]

I think the vinger bacteria didn't grow on Petri dish because it feeds on alcohol

[@user-pf4cj7kb5e]

@@jzimmerli8472 vinegar bacteria dont create alcohol. They create acetic acid. They may feed on alcohol or sugar. this is not alcoholic fermentation its acetic

[@isaacgarcia117]

the music is like the cherry on top

[@nekedneko]

Totally thought it was gonna be an egg under the microscope

[@WeirdSmellyMan]

Love this stuff, it's responsible for all the pickled foods we have.

[@markoliverbryan5713]

Kombucha next please. The music in your videos are relaxing.

[@cupcakebruh]

This makes me wonder if that's what it was in the bottom of my Gatorade bottle when I was a kid. My dad would buy the really big bottles, and I would slowly drink them over the course of a day or two. Well one time I left it sit out over night, and the next day there was an almost clear substance floating near the bottom of the bottle. My dad, being a biology teacher, assumed it was some kind of collection of bacteria, but didn't actually know what it was. Had me throw it out, and I always wondered what it actually was.

[@simone222]

We call the vinegar mother 'life' in my neck of the woods. Pretty cool to finally see it under the microscope.

[@pinheadlarry9495]

Stupid comment. Lol but it made me laugh, so thanks

[@simone222]

@@pinheadlarry9495 I could say the same thing. Your comment is stupid. Lol but it made me laugh, so thanks :)

[@Pozer714]

I used to drive truck from out of south Florida, I'd leave my truck in the hot sun at the terminal while home on my down time, well after returning to work and pulling out my balsamic vinegar which was about 2 months old to use on some food, I noticed a big clump of slime clogging it up, so I shook it up real good and used it anyway, was good! Eventually used the whole bottle up. I think I read you can pull it out and put it in some wine to make more vinegar?

[@ekekekekk]

yep, that's how vinegar is made! same with making more yogurt or kefir from milk using a piece of it already cultured.

[@lachlank.8270]

Pellicles are another term for floating microbe biofilms you sometimes find on top of milk and other liquids

[@mystictempt763]

I read the quote on the title and was like, "Hey, I'm a mother! I'm not a bacterium!" Then I saw the vinegar bottle 😅

[@amiwan9596]

great playing!

[@orejadearena9197]

next: tuberculosis mycobacterium under the microscope?

[@-w-1870]

What a beautiful little world

[@DaeJesusChrist]

just gonna call out a piece of our evolution

[@lachlank.8270]

All the bacteria that can survive in vinegar are acidophiles - the TSA agar has the wrong environment for them, you would need some kind of low pH acidic broth for culture rather than a solid medium, probably

[@1originalhaley]

What is the artist for the song? Very cool video and sound to go with it

[@sci-inspi]

Thank you. I made it myself.

[@jinete31]

I need/want a microscope like this...

[@blueisla4958]

Can you do lemon vs bacteria, please? thank you :3

[@leoduk302]

why does it look like an egg

[@joecrafter05]

Amazing

[@geometry_vid_gaming_YT]

This vid is cool, like study things to do

[@raixbox360]

What happens if someone eats this? Does this form in the expired vinegar?

[@mikehawkslong3666]

what if I eat it

[@lora3996]

You got the good Braggs Vinegar. Mine seems fake as instead of mother i have what appears to be dirt or sand at the bottom of the bottle.

[@troysundt8406]

Looks like a soggy macaroon

[@ShadowsandCityLights]

Mother mother!

[@domalash]

A review of apple cider vinegar pills or capsules might be interesting.

[@Dan-ud8hz]

Lil buddies

[@luismiguelmoreira1431]

Hi Sci-Inspi, hey I have a question, would you make a video about penicillin or others antibiotics killing bacterias under the microscope? That would be interesting to watch. Of course, with great care to not create a super bacteria hehe.

[@sci-inspi]

Hi Luis, I can try, although some antibiotic action won’t be visible, for example, antibiotics that slow down growth or prevent cell division won’t really be visible as you will just see the bacteria sitting there not growing.

[@luismiguelmoreira1431]

@@sci-inspi hmm I see, well, anyway it would be cool to see that. Thanks for respond me

[@climatixseuche]

I always thought vinegar is sterile since it is used by so many eco people as a cleaning/disinfect product

[@mza131313]

I am amazed... yet disgusted...

[@djvijaysolanki472]

rosetta disc under microscope

[@LAGW49]

I recently purchased 4 bottles of malt & white vinegar from Home Bargains. All four had "the mother" in. It knocked me sick!! Looked like raw egg & phlegm floating around. I know you can still use vinegar with it in,but i couldnt. I tried to pour it out of one,it got stuck!! All 4 bottles were binned. Ive not been able to use vinegar since. Chips just dont taste the same....😔

[@firstlast-sq2gc]

Just wait till you hear about "vinegar eels".... thank God for pasteurization

[@LAGW49]

@@firstlast-sq2gc WHAAAAAT????

[@thend4427]

I forgot have u done pickle juice under a mic?

[@ManOfSteel1]

you have a whole galaxy on your fingertips maybe we all are on someones fingertips right now :)

[@americanrebel413]

Cool man!

[@janyakatoch9249]

Please take a look of honey under microscopes pleasseeeeeeeeee!!!!!

[@thisisahumanlol8255]

It did get made kzbin.info/www/bejne/aaurgoOXiJKgopY

[@user-pf4cj7kb5e]

The music kind feels slightly midwest emoish. Slightly

[@BadGuySVK]

Can you look at dandruff?

[@NOyaLzuMu]

mother is a bit of an odd term for it

[@andrewking1026]

I take shots of apple cider vinegar once in a while when I’m feeling sick … is this stuff what I’m putting inside my body? Or is this after it’s sat for a while?

[@DavidCarloAFermo]

Technically it is. They're good bacteria so think along the lines of Kombucha or eating Yoghurt.

[@scx2355]

hilarious thumbnail!!!

[@elvintiranbalan5882]

I think if we stain it, it would look cooler

[@sci-inspi]

It would, although I suspect the cellulose will interfere with the staining process.

[@Mr_Elevation]

the guitar uffffff

[@zerounk2741]

How about wine/beer undermicroscope?

[@rudez1125]

This might sound wierd but are they safe to ingest? I mean not all bacteria are bad right? And it also grew in the vinegar...

[@Excalibur250]

I think you use them to create vinegar from drinking alcohol. I could be wrong, I haven't done my research on it. I don't think you'd want to eat it though.

[@ljre3397]

Primordial ooze.

[@deepakanand1795]

Sir mujhe 15x eye lens and 45x wala kuch microscopi jiv wala video dikhao na

[@BuyingScratchoffsFTW]

Nice music who are some of your influences

[@lbdeuce]

cool music choice dog

[@twistedmindssweettea]

I found one of those snot chunk "mother" thing in my gallon of Milo's sweet tea... Sadly I only found out bc I swallowed a piece chugging my drink, freaked tf out bc I thought someone had spit in my thing but I. Found 3 more in the gallon. They feel like a slimy piece of gauze paper. I NEVER drink anything without inspection now. Grossest moment of my life. Plus I have stomach ulcers n junk so I stayed sick a few days. Sucked. Worst of all...it was a brand new bought gallon an hour before the incident.

[@piemonster11]

was scrolling through the comments looking for someone with this experience. Had the same problem with a smaller local tea brand, and found out Milo's is notorious for it. Definitely a shocking experience when you're not expecting the texture change in your drink.. *shudders* Always check my drinks and keep them cold now lol

[@munchy6600]

I love that the name "mother" signifies they stay together as a collection of bacteria, almost like a big happy family of healthy bacteria. It's almost adorable in that sense 💜

[@AtlasJotun]

Mother signifies that the colony can produce 'offspring'. Just like the mother of a sexual species.

[@ST-pi2cf]

i love you thanks a ton subhaanallah

[@Ry-Bread5923]

So the question is, does it have any health benefits?

[@mynameisnothere9465]

As far as I can tell this is similar to what is used to make kambucha? I'm on mobile and probably spelled that wrong sorry. I watched some videos on it even though I find it disgusting and they use a bacteria mother thing too. People claim kambucha is super healthy so maybe?

[@KA-pq3yz]

I drank small amount of ACV mother with water some time. Nothing wrong. Okay to me

[@twistedmindssweettea]

@@JM-tj5qm wait.. what?? How does that happen.. you have my attention. Lol curiosity

[@SeanKennethFernandez]

Can you culture the vinegar mother?

[@corythecatfish7544]

That is very cool but also so gross

[@archishman4073]

forbidden egg :p

[@hiiamtheclydicier]

now add sanitizer

[@AdamAestheticss]

0:50 Forbidden raw egg

[@vapeurdepisse]

Forbidden egg

[@ColdShadow7]

Shouldn't vinegar be aseptic?

[@sci-inspi]

It is, but these bacteria produce it so they are resistant.

[@j-efaw]

Can you eat it

[@user-zl5zk4tx4x]

I ate one of those when I was young I thought it was a egg idk why I was so dumb

[@chrisbilling]

I remember i had a “mother” form in a gallon of whole milk i left in the back of my prius limited. At first i was like ew but after looking it up i was like cool! I sucked it up with a straw!

[@user255]

No fungi at all?

[@amrithatalks1103]

Nope... I started using MY own vinegar.

[@dinnner]

ok but can i eat it tho

[@silvertad3833]

why you don't give the 1500x view?

[@existentialechos]

Imagine Orange 🍊 in a microscope???!!

[@snowdrift.n]

mother i crave cheese

[@chunhoi7655]

Kombucha is made the same way.