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        <slide jpegURL="thumbs/t_0001.jpg" d_URL="slides/p_0001.jpg" transition="0" panzoom="1" URLTarget="0" phototime="2" url="http://www.environmentalleverage.com" title="Blepharisma" width="425" height="315"><![CDATA[Miniature tie-dye free swimmers from the Depths below.]]></slide>
        <slide jpegURL="thumbs/t_0002.jpg" d_URL="slides/p_0002.jpg" transition="0" panzoom="1" URLTarget="0" phototime="2" url="http://www.environmentalleverage.com" title="Blepharisma" width="425" height="315"><![CDATA[OK- well they are not really from oceans below or under the sea-in reality this little critter was found in a wastewater sample.]]></slide>
        <slide jpegURL="thumbs/t_0003.jpg" d_URL="slides/p_0003.jpg" transition="0" panzoom="1" URLTarget="0" phototime="2" url="http://www.environmentalleverage.com" title="Blepharisma" width="425" height="315"><![CDATA[OK, no, this is not an Easter egg coloring contest or even a tie dyed higher life forms.]]></slide>
        <slide jpegURL="thumbs/t_0004.jpg" d_URL="slides/p_0004.jpg" transition="0" panzoom="1" URLTarget="0" phototime="2" url="http://www.environmentalleverage.com" title="Blepharisma" width="425" height="315"><![CDATA[You can see for your own eyes the little critter under the microscope.]]></slide>
        <slide jpegURL="thumbs/t_0005.jpg" d_URL="slides/p_0005.jpg" transition="0" panzoom="1" URLTarget="0" phototime="2" url="http://www.environmentalleverage.com" title="Blepharisma 1000x " width="425" height="315"><![CDATA[They look like little Litonotus and they move around really fast. They were the only higher life forms in the entire sample that were pink.

No stains were used. Notice none of the floc or filaments are colored.]]></slide>
        <slide jpegURL="thumbs/t_0006.jpg" d_URL="slides/p_0006.jpg" transition="0" panzoom="1" URLTarget="0" phototime="2" url="http://www.environmentalleverage.com" title="Blepharisma 1000x" width="425" height="315"><![CDATA[They almost always indicate a very young to medium system or you have just recently gotten hit with a high BOD loading.]]></slide>
        <slide jpegURL="thumbs/t_0007.jpg" d_URL="slides/p_0007.jpg" transition="0" panzoom="1" URLTarget="0" phototime="2" url="http://www.environmentalleverage.com" title="Blepharisma 1000x " width="425" height="315"><![CDATA[We do have videos of this- but they are too large to load on a website.
We have loaded some of our videos on You tube and we do sell a higher life forms video set.]]></slide>
        <slide jpegURL="thumbs/t_0008.jpg" d_URL="slides/p_0008.jpg" transition="0" panzoom="1" URLTarget="0" phototime="2" url="http://www.environmentalleverage.com" title="Blepharisma 1000x " width="425" height="315"><![CDATA[These photomicrographs were taken from a wastewater sample. Most of the objectives used were 40x or 100x and 400x.]]></slide>
        <slide jpegURL="thumbs/t_0009.jpg" d_URL="slides/p_0009.jpg" transition="0" panzoom="1" URLTarget="0" phototime="2" url="http://www.environmentalleverage.com" title="Blepharisma " width="425" height="315"><![CDATA[If you have these in your plant you might want to consider decreasing wasting or supplementing with bioaugmentation!]]></slide>
        <slide jpegURL="thumbs/t_0010.jpg" d_URL="slides/p_0010.jpg" transition="0" panzoom="1" URLTarget="0" phototime="2" url="http://www.environmentalleverage.com" title="Blepharisma 1000x " width="425" height="315"><![CDATA[Remember, even though it is only a drop of water and seems flat on the slide-they are 3-D.]]></slide>
        <slide jpegURL="thumbs/t_0011.jpg" d_URL="slides/p_0011.jpg" transition="0" panzoom="1" URLTarget="0" phototime="2" url="http://www.environmentalleverage.com" title="Blepharisma 1000x " width="425" height="315"><![CDATA[It was amazing and a weird experience to watch these guys.]]></slide>
        <slide jpegURL="thumbs/t_0012.jpg" d_URL="slides/p_0012.jpg" transition="0" panzoom="1" URLTarget="0" phototime="2" url="http://www.environmentalleverage.com" title="Blepharisma 1000x " width="425" height="315"><![CDATA[They come in many sizes and shapes and move quickly.]]></slide>
        <slide jpegURL="thumbs/t_0013.jpg" d_URL="slides/p_0013.jpg" transition="0" panzoom="1" URLTarget="0" phototime="2" url="http://www.environmentalleverage.com" title="Blepharisma 1000x " width="425" height="315"><![CDATA[Notice how it twists and turns and changes shape?]]></slide>
        <slide jpegURL="thumbs/t_0014.jpg" d_URL="slides/p_0014.jpg" transition="0" panzoom="1" URLTarget="0" phototime="2" url="http://www.environmentalleverage.com" title="Blepharisma" width="425" height="315"><![CDATA[Dorsal ridges at the anterior end are very distinctive.]]></slide>
        <slide jpegURL="thumbs/t_0015.jpg" d_URL="slides/p_0015.jpg" transition="0" panzoom="1" URLTarget="0" phototime="2" url="http://www.environmentalleverage.com" title="Blepharisma 1000x " width="425" height="315"><![CDATA[Large contractile vacuole is present at the posterior end.]]></slide>
        <slide jpegURL="thumbs/t_0016.jpg" d_URL="slides/p_0016.jpg" transition="0" panzoom="1" URLTarget="0" phototime="2" url="http://www.environmentalleverage.com" title="Blepharisma " width="425" height="315"><![CDATA[Oral apparatus along left edge winding onto ventral surface.]]></slide>
        <slide jpegURL="thumbs/t_0017.jpg" d_URL="slides/p_0017.jpg" transition="0" panzoom="1" URLTarget="0" phototime="2" url="http://www.environmentalleverage.com" title="Blepharisma 1000x " width="425" height="315"><![CDATA[Bright field ]]></slide>
        <slide jpegURL="thumbs/t_0018.jpg" d_URL="slides/p_0018.jpg" transition="0" panzoom="1" URLTarget="0" phototime="2" url="http://www.environmentalleverage.com" title="Blepharisma " width="425" height="315"><![CDATA[You never know what you will find under the microscope.]]></slide>
        <slide jpegURL="thumbs/t_0019.jpg" d_URL="slides/p_0019.jpg" transition="0" panzoom="1" URLTarget="0" phototime="2" url="http://www.environmentalleverage.com" title="Blepharisma 1000x " width="425" height="315"><![CDATA[Bright field- two free swimmers mating]]></slide>
        <slide jpegURL="thumbs/t_0020.jpg" d_URL="slides/p_0020.jpg" transition="0" panzoom="1" URLTarget="0" phototime="2" url="http://www.environmentalleverage.com" title="Blepharisma 1000x " width="425" height="315"><![CDATA[Remember, this is all in one drop of water on a slide under the microscope !]]></slide>
        <slide jpegURL="thumbs/t_0021.jpg" d_URL="slides/p_0021.jpg" transition="0" panzoom="1" URLTarget="0" phototime="2" url="http://www.environmentalleverage.com" title="Blepharisma mating" width="425" height="315"><![CDATA[You might need to focus in and out on your microscope to see all the details.]]></slide>
        <slide jpegURL="thumbs/t_0022.jpg" d_URL="slides/p_0022.jpg" transition="0" panzoom="1" URLTarget="0" phototime="2" url="http://www.environmentalleverage.com" title="Blepharisma 1000x " width="425" height="315"><![CDATA[1000x two engaged in conjugation!]]></slide>
        <slide jpegURL="thumbs/t_0023.jpg" d_URL="slides/p_0023.jpg" transition="0" panzoom="1" URLTarget="0" phototime="2" url="http://www.environmentalleverage.com" title="Blepharisma 1000x " width="425" height="315"><![CDATA[Ok did you figure it out?

Have you seen these before? ]]></slide>
        <slide jpegURL="thumbs/t_0024.jpg" d_URL="slides/p_0024.jpg" transition="0" panzoom="1" URLTarget="0" phototime="2" url="http://www.environmentalleverage.com" title="Blepharisma " width="425" height="315"><![CDATA[Size varies from medium (50 um long) to very large (1 mm long)]]></slide>
        <slide jpegURL="thumbs/t_0025.jpg" d_URL="slides/p_0025.jpg" transition="0" panzoom="1" URLTarget="0" phototime="2" url="http://www.environmentalleverage.com" title="Blepharisma 1000x " width="425" height="315"><![CDATA[It is a Blepharisma or a free swimming ciliate.]]></slide>
        <slide jpegURL="thumbs/t_0026.jpg" d_URL="slides/p_0026.jpg" transition="0" panzoom="1" URLTarget="0" phototime="2" url="http://www.environmentalleverage.com" title="Blepharisma 1000x " width="425" height="315"><![CDATA[Kingdom Animalia 
Phylum Ciliophora 
Class Ciliatea 
Subclass Spirotricha 
Order Heterotrichida 
Suborder Heterotrichina 
Family Spirostomidae 
Genus Blepharisma]]></slide>
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