{"id":375,"date":"2011-05-18T12:23:06","date_gmt":"2011-05-18T00:23:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.funk.co.nz\/blog\/?p=375"},"modified":"2013-05-20T09:29:10","modified_gmt":"2013-05-19T21:29:10","slug":"volvox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.funk.co.nz\/blog\/science\/volvox","title":{"rendered":"Volvox Algae Cell Pictures"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is a picture of Volvox... which is\u00c2\u00a0a genus of chlorophytes, a type of green algae! It forms spherical colonies of up to 50,000 cells.\u00c2\u00a0OK so maybe that doesn't sound too exciting, but take another look at the picture - this is the most clear picture I have ever seen of a microbe, it just seems so crisp (OK I thought it was a single microbe when I first saw it). Actually the reason it looks like this is that Volvox is actually colonies of algae, lots of little cells joined together. It is kinda cool in that it is a\u00c2\u00a0predecessor\u00c2\u00a0to multi-celled life in a way.<\/p>\n

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Volvox<\/p><\/div>\n

Here are some other cool images..<\/p>\n

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Thanks to Goldstein for this image<\/p><\/div>\n

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Thanks to http:\/\/etc.usf.edu\/clipart\/5900\/5905\/volvox_1.htm<\/p><\/div>\n

And now a stunningly beautiful illustration of Volvox Globator<\/em>, which I found on this page on the Mcgregor Museum site<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Volvox Globator<\/p><\/div>\n

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Volvox Movies<\/h2>\n

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