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Bodo is a very common free-living flagellate. The cell is shaped like a kidney bean, with two flagella near the front end (upper right of the cell). One flagellum is stretched along the right side of the body in this image. The other flagellum is three or four times longer than the body and attaches the cell to surfaces. This image has been selected from 'Seen and Unseen, Discovering the Microbes of Yellowstone' by Kathy Sheehan, David Patterson, Brett Leigh Dicks and Joan Henson, and published by Globe Pequot Press
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Bodo saltans
From the collection
Flagellates at Yellowstone
| Description of Bodo saltans: Bodo cells that are about 5 - 6 microns long, somewhat elliptical and often attached to the substrate by the tip of the posterior flagellum. While attached, the flagellum bends quickly so that the cells jerk. Two flagella insert subapically; the anterior flagellum is slightly shorter than the cell and is usually directed backwards, and the non-acronematic posterior flagellum is about 3 times the cell length. |
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Bodo saltans in other collections
Bodo saltans, from
Heterotrophic flagellates of marine habitats
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Bodo saltans, from
Protozoan biomonitors in China
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Bodo saltans, from
Protozoan biomonitors in China
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Bodo saltans, from
Drawings of flagellates
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Bodo saltans, from
American Type Culture Collection
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Bodo saltans, from
American Type Culture Collection
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Bodo saltans, from
Yellowstone National Park (Wyoming, USA)
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Bodo saltans, from
Lake Donghu, China
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Bodo saltans, from
Lake Toolik, Arctic Alaska
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Bodo saltans, from
Heterotrophic flagellates of Botany Bay, Sydney, Australia
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