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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="Paramecium" width="485" height="315"><![CDATA[Free Swimmers. . .Indications that you have a young to medium sludge age or may have recently gotten hit with a high BOD loading.]]></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="Paramecium" width="485" height="315"><![CDATA[OK, these are often overlooked and many times you need to be at 100x, 400x or 1000x.]]></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="Paramecium" width="485" height="315"><![CDATA[If you have these in your plant, you probably have serious TSS problems in your effluent.]]></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="Paramecium" width="485" height="315"><![CDATA[If you see this in your slide under the microscope, it means you have a young to medium sludge age or recently got hit with a high BOD loading.]]></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="Paramecium" width="485" height="315"><![CDATA[Check your influent loading vs. N and P levels. If you are a food plant, check swings on the day shift vs. the night shift.]]></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="Paramecium 400x" width="485" height="315"><![CDATA[You may have a high TSS or get false BOD readings in your final effluent when these are present.]]></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="Paramecium" width="485" height="315"><![CDATA[We do have videos of this- but they are too large to load on a website.]]></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="Paramecium" width="485" height="315"><![CDATA[These photomicrographs were taken from pond samples and aeration basins. 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="Paramecium" width="485" height="315"><![CDATA[Play with the lighting and the iris in order to lighten up the coloring of the Paramecium and see more details.

This is phase contrast.]]></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="Paramecium" width="485" 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="Paramecium" width="485" height="315"><![CDATA[Paramecia can be attracted by acidic conditions.]]></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="Paramecium 400x " width="485" 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="Paramecium 1000x" width="485" 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="Paramecium" width="485" height="315"><![CDATA[Paramecia range from about 50 to 350 µm in length, depending on species.]]></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="Paramecium 1000x " width="485" height="315"><![CDATA[Paramecium can reproduce asexually or sexually.]]></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="Paramecium 1000x " width="485" height="315"><![CDATA[Asexual reproduction is the most common, and this is accomplished by the organism dividing transversely.]]></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="Paramecium " width="485" height="315"><![CDATA[The macronucleus elongates and splits.]]></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="Paramecium" width="485" height="315"><![CDATA[Under ideal conditions, Paramecium can reproduce asexually two or three times a day.]]></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="Paramecium" width="485" height="315"><![CDATA[You never know what you will find 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="Paramecium mating 400x" 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_0021.jpg" d_URL="slides/p_0021.jpg" transition="0" panzoom="1" URLTarget="0" phototime="2" url="http://www.environmentalleverage.com" title="Paramecium" width="485" height="315"><![CDATA[Paramecium, of the ciliate phylum Ciliophora are found in freshwater throughout the world.]]></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="Paramecium" width="485" height="315"><![CDATA[The paramecium has a stiff outer covering that gives it a permanent slipper shape, thus the nickname Lady Slipper!]]></slide>
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        <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="Paramecium mating 1000x " width="485" height="315"><![CDATA[1000x Bright field
Size varies from medium to very large.]]></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="Paramecium" width="485" height="315"><![CDATA[Paramecium normally move forward in a corkscrew fashion but they are capable of reversing direction when it encounters adverse conditions.]]></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="Paramecium mating 1000x " width="485" height="315"><![CDATA[The paramecium has an external oral groove lined with cilia and leading to a mouth pore and gullet.]]></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="Paramecium" width="485" height="315"><![CDATA[It was amazing and a weird experience to watch these guys.]]></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="Paramecium" width="485" height="315"><![CDATA[You might need to focus in and out on your microscope to see all the details.]]></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="Paramecium" width="485" height="315"><![CDATA[Simple cilia, whiplike structures or hair cover the body, which allow the cell to move with a synchronous motion.]]></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="Paramecium" width="485" height="315"><![CDATA[Paramecium usually reproduce sexually under stressful conditions.]]></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="Paramecium mating 1000x" width="485" height="315"><![CDATA[Contractile vacuoles pass water from inside the cell to outside, and vice versa.]]></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="Paramecium" width="485" height="315"><![CDATA[Paramecium use cilia for locomotion.]]></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="Paramecium" width="485" height="315"><![CDATA[Paramecium also uses its cilia to sweep up food along with some water into the cell mouth after it falls into the oral groove.]]></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="Paramecium" width="485" height="315"><![CDATA[Phase contrast 400x]]></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="Paramecium" width="485" height="315"><![CDATA[Paramecium are characterized by a large macronucleus and a single compact micronucleus.]]></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="Paramecium" width="485" height="315"><![CDATA[There are eight different species of paramecium, but all are ciliate protozoa.]]></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="Paramecium" width="485" height="315"><![CDATA[What should I do if there is a significant change in my higher life forms and all of a sudden there is an increase in paramecium?]]></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="Paramecium" width="485" height="315"><![CDATA[You might want to adjust your wasting or RAS levels. Some plants add bioaugmentation products in cases of higher loadings.]]></slide>
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