Microorganism Images Microbiology Laboratory Spring 2006
  All micrographs taken by Karen Kendall-Fite
Kingdom Protista
Protozoa
Paramecium sp   

Eukaryotic, note the large well-defined nucleus

Movement - Cilia
Pelomyxa sp

Eukaryotic, note the large well-defined nucleus

Movement - Pseudopodia
Plasmodium sp

Intracellular Parasite

Ring stage in Erythrocyte
Mixed Diatoms
Algae
  Spirogyra sp

Eukaryotic, Photosynthetic
Kingdom Fungi
Rhizopus sp

Eukaryotic, Sporangium

Mold, Multicellular
 

Saccharomyces Sp

Eukaryotic, Budding

Yeast, Unicellular

 
Domain Bacteria
Anabaena sp

Prokaryotic, Cyanobacteria

Photosynthetic

(Blue-green algae)
Nostoc sp

Prokaryotic, Cyanobacteria

Photosynthetic

(Blue-green algae)
Based on analysis of nifD ( Nitrogen Fixation gene) Nostoc and Anabaena continue to be listed as separate cyanobacteria genera
Oscillatoria sp

Prokaryotic, Cyanobacteria

Photosynthetic

(Blue-green algae)
 
Mixed Bacteria - Shape
Bacillus - Bacilli

Gram Positive

Negative Stain
Coccus - Cocci

Gram Positive

Gram Negative
Curved - Spiral

Vibrio

Spirochete

Spirillum
More to come later in the semester-KKF