Protists galore for engaging the public
James Weiss and Genoveva F. Esteban
Y our first time gazing through a microscope is a whole new experience for the eyes. The first stroll into a new plane of existence; everything is different from what you’ve seen in your life. It’s like walking on a new planet teeming with aliens, and knowing that this ‘exoplanet’ was under your nose the whole time even makes it stranger. You see life in its purest form; they lack a brain or even a
nervous system; nonetheless, they appear intelligent. They swim around, roll, twirl, stretch, contract… and colours, so many colours. Baby blue tiny giants Stentor coeruleus , thumbling golden colonies of Synura , evergreen of squishy Euglena . Everything seems so busy and so alive, yet unreal. Your first time with a microscope is a memory you will never forget.
James Weiss
80 Microbiology Today October 2022 | microbiologysociety.org
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