in detritus (DAPI)

Bacteria in detritus. The concept of the detritosphere is an important one in marine ecology. It argues that pieces of detritus are relatively rich (with nutrients, energy and carbon sources) compared to the surrounding water. They are therefore the preferred habitat for many microbes. This image is of a piece of detritus stained with DAPI and then observed with a combination of phase contrast microscopy and fluorescence microscopy. The living bacteria show up as the light blue bacilli within the detritus. About 100 bacteria are evident. Normally, there are up to 10,000,000 bacteria per ml. water, so this piece of detritus has about four orders of magnitude more bacteria than the surrounding water.  This picture was taken by David Patterson and Mark Farmer of material from freshwater sites in the vicinity of the University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia, USA) in April, 2001 and from collections of organisms maintained at the University. Image copyright: D. J. Patterson and Mark Farmer, image used under license to MBL (micro*scope).

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Bacteria in this collection

bacteria iron bacteria filaments

Bacteria in other collections

Bacteria, from Microbes of Alkaline Lake	Bacteria, from Microbes of Alkaline Lake	Bacteria, from Microbes of Alkaline Lake	Spiral bacteria, from Microbes of Alkaline Lake	bacteria, from Microbes of Benton Road Crossing (Sierras)
Symbiotic bacteria, from Microbes of Beauchamp hot springs	Filamentous bacteria, from Microbes of Beauchamp hot springs	Bacterial behaviour, from Microbes in Black Lake	Red sulfur bacteria, from Microbes of Mono Lake	Bacteria, from Microbes of Mono Lake
Bacteria, from Microbes of Mono Lake	Bacterial behaviour, from Microbes of Mono Lake	Spiral bacteria, from Microbes of Mono Lake	Bacteria, from Microbes of Mono Lake	bacteria, from Microbes of Mono Lake
bacteria, from Microbes of Mono Lake	bacteria, from Microbes of Mono Lake	filamentous bacteria, from Microbes of Convict Lake	Bacteria, from Microbes of Convict Lake	filamentous bacteria, from Microbes of Convict Lake
Bacteria, from Microbes of Mammoth Lake	red sulphur bacteria, from Microbes of Mammoth Lake	Bacteria, from Planktonic bacteria	Bacteria, from Planktonic bacteria	Bacteriastrum sp., from ATOL protistology workshop 2005
Bacteriastrum, from ATOL protistology workshop 2005	Bacteriastrum, from ATOL protistology workshop 2005	Cyanobacteria, from SML Crystal Lake	Bacteria, from Gems from Tvärminne	Motile bacteria, from Gems from Tvärminne
Bacteria, from Little Sippewissett salt marsh, Massachusetts, USA	Bacteriastrum hyalinum, from Alfred Wegener Institute Phytoplankton	Mat bacteria, from Mats at Yellowstone	Iron bacteria, from Eubacteria in Yellowstone	Cyanobacteria, from Eubacteria in Yellowstone
Cyanobacteria, from Eubacteria in Yellowstone	Sulfur bacteria, from Eubacteria in Yellowstone	Rumen bacteria, from Eubacteria in Yellowstone	Cyanobacterial mat, from West Thumb Geyser Basin in Yellowstone National Park	Cyanobacterial mat, from West Thumb Geyser Basin in Yellowstone National Park
Cyanobacteria, from Marine microbes - NW Australia	Cyanobacteria, from Marine microbes - NW Australia	Purple sulfur bacteria, from Mammoth Hot Springs to Beaver Lake Area in Yellowstone National Park	Cyanobacterial mat, from Mammoth Hot Springs to Beaver Lake Area in Yellowstone National Park	Cyanobacteria, from Lamont Pond, freshwater, New York
cyanobacteria, from Provasoli-Guillard National Center for Culture of Marine Phytoplankton (CCMP)	Bacteria, from Audley Bottom	cyanobacteria, from Lake Toolik, Arctic Alaska	Bacteria, from Davis Mine, USA	Bacteria, from Little Sippewissett salt marsh, Massachusetts, USA
Bacteria, from Little Sippewissett salt marsh, Massachusetts, USA	cyanobacteria, from Lake Toolik, Arctic Alaska	Bacteria, from Eel Pond, Woods Hole, Massachusetts	Bacteria, from Plum Island, Massachusetts coast, USA	cyanobacteria, from Lake Toolik, Arctic Alaska
Bacteria, from American Type Culture Collection	Unidentified bacteria, from American Type Culture Collection	Cyanobacteria, from Yellowstone National Park (Wyoming, USA)	Bacteria, from Lamont Pond, freshwater, New York	Bacteria, from Pitcher Plants, Florida, USA
Bacteria, from Lamont Pond, freshwater, New York	Bacteriastrum delicatulum, from Phytoplankton of the Irish Sea	Bacteria, from Little Sippewissett salt marsh, Massachusetts, USA	Bacteria, from Little Sippewissett salt marsh, Massachusetts, USA	Bacteria, from Kalotermes
Unidentified bacteria, from American Type Culture Collection	Unidentified bacteria, from Yellowstone National Park (Wyoming, USA)	Unidentified bacteria, from Yellowstone National Park (Wyoming, USA)	Unidentified bacteria, from American Type Culture Collection