Spirulina on the Move

This video animation shows how the filamentous cyanobacterium Spirulina (likely labyrinthiformiss) moves in solution. The sample was collected along a beach in Normandy France. The filament is rotating along the longitudinal axis at a rate of approximately 20 rpm. The video should run about 25 seconds.

This video animation should be accessible from any modern platform. The file has been flattened to be crossplatform (.mov). Depending on the configuration of your browser and system, the movie may run automatically within the browser window (using QuickTime) or may be downloaded and opened by a separate helper application.

The images in this movie were graciously contributed by:
Bruno de Langre, an amateur microscopist in Paris. He is a member of the French Microscopies Forum and the Societe Francaise de Microscopie.

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