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Journey to the Microcosmos
Season 3 · Episode 7
Ophyroglena: The Tricky Transforming Ciliate
0.010mSeptember 21, 2020
On the surface, Ophyroglena seems like it should be pretty easy to identify, but it all depends on which stage of life it's currently in.
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