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Mystery Micrograph #18

By Psi Wavefunction on Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Apparently I'm making these too easy lately. Congrats to Paul for getting the last one -- Spironucleus. Someday, I might even get around to blogging about it. Hopefully, within this year. Sigh.

K, next one:

(To be referenced later)
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11 comments:

  1. steevMarch 10, 2010 at 8:22:00 PM PST

    Happy to find your blog. I'll guess Arnium macrotheca.

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  2. AnonymousMarch 15, 2010 at 1:00:00 PM PDT

    Is it an Aspergillus of some sort?

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  3. Jennifer PMarch 15, 2010 at 2:52:00 PM PDT

    Dendrocometes?

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  4. Psi WavefunctionMarch 16, 2010 at 10:45:00 PM PDT

    Sorry, none of you have it so far. And are all equally off =P

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  5. AnonymousMarch 17, 2010 at 7:37:00 AM PDT

    Hint?

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  6. Psi WavefunctionMarch 17, 2010 at 5:36:00 PM PDT

    The fact that all of the above guesses are equally off... ^_~

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  7. niunMarch 18, 2010 at 2:52:00 PM PDT

    Fruiting bodies of Myxobacteria?

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  8. Psi WavefunctionMarch 18, 2010 at 5:28:00 PM PDT

    Yes! Wanna find which genus?

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  9. niunMarch 19, 2010 at 7:49:00 AM PDT

    Heh, just by eliminating most of other possibilities... I would guess Chondromyces.
    These creatures are awesome! Looking forward for some info ;)

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  10. AnonymousMarch 19, 2010 at 10:09:00 AM PDT

    I should have recognized this one: I remember growing these guys way back during an undergrad microbial diversity class! They look like mold, but they're actually bacteria - convergent evolution strikes again!

    Quick look through Bergey's suggests Chondromyces crocatus, since the fruiting body has branched stalks.

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  11. Psi WavefunctionMarch 20, 2010 at 3:26:00 AM PDT

    Yup, Chondromyces is right - Paul and niun both got this one!

    Will blog about myxobacteria as soon as I get a chance -- got quite a backlog of past Mystery Micrographs to deal with. Wish I could just sit there and write about protists and bacteria for a living*. Oh wait, I get to do that this summer!!! *squeals like a five-year-old*

    *interspersed with research and teaching, of course...

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