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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="Arcella" width="485" height="315"><![CDATA[Higher Life Forms. . . . . Indications that you have a high BOD, high F/M or the presence of metal salts when the color is dark brown! ]]></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="Arcella" width="485" height="315"><![CDATA[This little critter was found in various wastewater samples]]></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="Arcella" width="485" height="315"><![CDATA[OK, these are often overlooked and many times you need to be at 400x or 1000x.]]></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="Stalk and arcella" width="485" height="315"><![CDATA[They almost always indicate a young to medium sludge age.]]></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="Arcella" width="485" height="315"><![CDATA[If you have these in your plant, you are probably running a very high BOD, high F/M and may need to cut back on wasting or use some bioaugmentation products!]]></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="Arcella" width="485" height="315"><![CDATA[You may have a high TSS when these are the predominant higher life forms. ]]></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="Arcella" width="485" height="315"><![CDATA[The Arcella is a small amoeba that belongs to the Phyllum Sarcodina.]]></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="Arcella" width="485" height="315"><![CDATA[These photomicrographs were taken from a wastewater sample.]]></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="1000x  arcella" width="485" height="315"><![CDATA[Most of the objectives used were 100x, 400x and 1000x.]]></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="Arcella" width="485" height="315"><![CDATA[Come take a closer look at the amazing world under the microscope!]]></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="1000x Arcella " width="485" height="315"><![CDATA[They typically range from 50-60 um wide. ]]></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="1000x Arcella" width="485" height="315"><![CDATA[They can be small, large, medium sized, round or oblong]]></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="Arcella" width="485" height="315"><![CDATA[Hard to believe this is nature! From a top view they look like a doughnut.]]></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="Arcella" width="485" height="315"><![CDATA[Their color is light yellow when young and its getting darker while aging.]]></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="Arcella" width="485" height="315"><![CDATA[It is dome-like on the top and concave on the bottom.]]></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="Arcella" width="485" height="315"><![CDATA[It may have a light brown or transparent chitinous "test" (shell).]]></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="Arcella" width="485" height="315"><![CDATA[The shells also appear more brown in environments where metal salts are present.]]></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="Arcella" width="485" height="315"><![CDATA[Arcella is one of the most common of the testate amoebae, especially in highly organically polluted waters. ]]></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="Arcella" width="485" height="315"><![CDATA[Remember, this is all in one drop of water on a slide under the microscope !]]></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="Arcella" width="485" height="315"><![CDATA[It is rare to see, but the Pseudopods extend out from the shell and are used for locomotion. ]]></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="Arcella" width="485" height="315"><![CDATA[Amobae belong to the Phylum Protozoa]]></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="Arcella" width="485" height="315"><![CDATA[Pseudopodium (lobopodium) can be seen extending from the aperture in the testate shell.]]></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="Arcella" width="485" height="315"><![CDATA[It can often be found in the sediments on the bottom of ponds, where plant, leaves and other materials rot under conditions of low oxygen concentration.]]></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="Arcella" width="485" height="315"><![CDATA[From the side view, you can see the curvature of the top of the shell.]]></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="Arcella" width="485" height="315"><![CDATA[Some types of amoebae are found in the class Sarcodina and the order Rhizopoda.]]></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="Arcella" width="485" height="315"><![CDATA[Some types (genera) of amoebae commonly found in wastewater are Arcella, Euglypha, and Centopyxis.]]></slide>
        <slide jpegURL="thumbs/t_0027.jpg" d_URL="slides/p_0027.jpg" transition="0" panzoom="1" URLTarget="0" phototime="2" url="http://www.EnvironmentalLeverage.com" title="Arcella" width="485" height="315"><![CDATA[Amoebae are single celled microorganisms.]]></slide>
        <slide jpegURL="thumbs/t_0028.jpg" d_URL="slides/p_0028.jpg" transition="0" panzoom="1" URLTarget="0" phototime="2" url="http://www.EnvironmentalLeverage.com" title="Arcella" width="485" height="315"><![CDATA[Amoebae are motile by pseudopodia, also known as "false feet".]]></slide>
        <slide jpegURL="thumbs/t_0029.jpg" d_URL="slides/p_0029.jpg" transition="0" panzoom="1" URLTarget="0" phototime="2" url="http://www.EnvironmentalLeverage.com" title="Arcella" width="485" height="315"><![CDATA[Pseudopodia, also known as "false feet". Amoebae are divided into two different types, testate and naked. Testate amoebae are those that have shells (or tests) and naked amoeba do not have shells.]]></slide>
        <slide jpegURL="thumbs/t_0030.jpg" d_URL="slides/p_0030.jpg" transition="0" panzoom="1" URLTarget="0" phototime="2" url="http://www.EnvironmentalLeverage.com" title="Arcella" width="485" height="315"><![CDATA[You never know what you will find under the microscope.]]></slide>
        <slide jpegURL="thumbs/t_0031.jpg" d_URL="slides/p_0031.jpg" transition="0" panzoom="1" URLTarget="0" phototime="2" url="http://www.EnvironmentalLeverage.com" title="Arcella" width="485" height="315"><![CDATA[The shells can be proteinaceous or siliceous shells.]]></slide>
        <slide jpegURL="thumbs/t_0032.jpg" d_URL="slides/p_0032.jpg" transition="0" panzoom="1" URLTarget="0" phototime="2" url="http://www.EnvironmentalLeverage.com" title="Arcella" width="485" height="315"><![CDATA[They eat by engulfing their food.]]></slide>
        <slide jpegURL="thumbs/t_0033.jpg" d_URL="slides/p_0033.jpg" transition="0" panzoom="1" URLTarget="0" phototime="2" url="http://www.EnvironmentalLeverage.com" title="Testate amoeba" width="485" height="315"><![CDATA[They range in size from 10-200 µm.]]></slide>
        <slide jpegURL="thumbs/t_0034.jpg" d_URL="slides/p_0034.jpg" transition="0" panzoom="1" URLTarget="0" phototime="2" url="http://www.EnvironmentalLeverage.com" title="Arcella" width="485" height="315"><![CDATA[Amoebae typically grow and divide. This pattern of vegetative growth may or may not include encysted states, flagellated forms, or a transition from a sexual to an asexual phase of growth.]]></slide>
        <slide jpegURL="thumbs/t_0035.jpg" d_URL="slides/p_0035.jpg" transition="0" panzoom="1" URLTarget="0" phototime="2" url="http://www.EnvironmentalLeverage.com" title="Arcella" width="485" height="315"><![CDATA[The shells can remain long after the amoeba has died.]]></slide>
        <slide jpegURL="thumbs/t_0036.jpg" d_URL="slides/p_0036.jpg" transition="0" panzoom="1" URLTarget="0" phototime="2" url="http://www.EnvironmentalLeverage.com" title="Arcella" width="485" height="315"><![CDATA[Kingdom Animalia Phylum Protozoa Subphylum Sarcodina Superclass Rhizopoda Class Lobosa Order Arcellinida Family Arcellidae Genus Arcella]]></slide>
        <slide jpegURL="thumbs/t_0037.jpg" d_URL="slides/p_0037.jpg" transition="0" panzoom="1" URLTarget="0" phototime="2" url="http://www.EnvironmentalLeverage.com" title="Arcella" width="485" height="315"><![CDATA[If the presence of testates means a young sludge age. How should you adjust your process controls? ]]></slide>
        <slide jpegURL="thumbs/t_0038.jpg" d_URL="slides/p_0038.jpg" transition="0" panzoom="1" URLTarget="0" phototime="2" url="http://www.EnvironmentalLeverage.com" title="Arcella" width="485" height="315"><![CDATA[One way is to adjust your RAS or Wasting.]]></slide>
        <slide jpegURL="thumbs/t_0039.jpg" d_URL="slides/p_0039.jpg" transition="0" panzoom="1" URLTarget="0" phototime="2" url="http://www.EnvironmentalLeverage.com" title="Arcella" width="485" height="315"><![CDATA[If you do not have that capability- you can always supplement with Bioaugmentation cultures.]]></slide>
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