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Journey to the Microcosmos
Season 3 · Episode 16
The Schoolteacher Who Discovered 700 Ciliates
0.010mDecember 8, 2020
Alfred Kahl only spent a decade in the world of the microcosmos, but in that time he discovered more ciliates than anyone else ever has!
Episodes
- Episode 1We Upgraded Our Microscope!
- Episode 2How Do Microorganisms Poop?
- Episode 3Flatworms: Simple Wiggly Tubes
- Episode 4Our Paramecia Are Infected
- Episode 5Lacrymaria: Vicious Long-Necked Predators
- Episode 6The Fungus That Traps and Kills Nematodes
- Episode 7Ophyroglena: The Tricky Transforming Ciliate
- Episode 8Can Microbes See Without Eyes?
- Episode 9Do Microscopic Immortals Actually Exist?
- Episode 10Water Is Thicker When You’re Smaller
- Episode 11Didinium: The Paramecium Hunter
- Episode 12Some Water Bears Live on Land
- Episode 13The Case of the Mistaken Amoeba
- Episode 14This Ciliate Is About to Die
- Episode 15Strange Stentor Stories
- Episode 16The Schoolteacher Who Discovered 700 Ciliates
- Episode 17How Did Multicellularity Evolve?
- Episode 18Actinobolina: A Tiny Predatory Porcupine
- Episode 19Foraminifera: Hard on The Outside, Squishy on the Inside
- Episode 20Why Do Bacteria Move Like Vibrating Chaos Snakes?
- Episode 21Dinoflagellates: The Algae That Saved an Astronaut
- Episode 22Moss & Lichen: Which One Is Actually a Plant?
- Episode 23Suctorians: The Ugly Duckling of Ciliates
- Episode 24Pelomyxa: The Microbe That's Big Enough to Pet