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Jan 24, 2011

Time-lapse photography of growing mould - Amazing video!

Please watch the following video made by Nick Lariontsev, and then let me know if you don't think that microbes are fascinating things.




The video was made using time-lapse photography, with several fungi as 'actors': apparently, Aspergillus fumigatus, Botrytis, Mucor, Trichoderma and Cladosporium. You can see several pictures of the device used to take the photos at Nick's LiveJournal. See, for instance, this one (photo courtesy of Nick Lariontsev):

Nick - LiveJournal

I found the video via The Microbiology Daily (a Twitter newspaper) <<< @KristaMarquis (Twitter) <<< MicroCulture (Tumblr) <<< Fungi (Tumblr) <<< Interact With (Tumblr) <<< YouTube <<< Nick (LiveJournal).


Microbes rule!!


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5 comments:

  1. Psi WavefunctionFebruary 6, 2011 at 9:47 AM

    That was awesome!
    The beauty soon turned to horror as a plague of fungus mites descended upon the poor fungi...

    (how to scare the crap out of a mycologist: point somewhere and exclaim "Fungus mite*!" – gets 'em every time... ;p)
    *springtails work too.

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  2. César SánchezFebruary 6, 2011 at 12:06 PM

    Yes, the mites did scare me too!

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  3. Natalie OliveJuly 28, 2011 at 10:20 AM

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  4. roseNovember 13, 2013 at 10:26 PM

    this was a horriable video

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  5. josephFebruary 5, 2014 at 6:46 AM

    Molds are part of the natural environment. In outdoors, molds
    play an important part in nature by breaking down dead organic matter such as
    fallen leaves and dead trees, etc. But indoors, mold growth should be avoided
    and prevented. Molds reproduce by means of tiny spores; the spores are
    invisible to the naked eye (only on microscope) and float through outdoor and
    indoor air and contaminate areas. Mold may begin to grow indoors when mold
    spores land on surfaces that are wet or areas with moisture. There are many
    types of mold, and none of them will grow without water or moisture. So,
    moisture plays a great part of it.

    They attack usually on
    foods but they also attack non-food items like leather, wood and porcelain. Do you notice your allergic reactions are
    worse when you're at home but you feel better when you go out? Well, expect it.
    If so then it's especially likely you
    could have mold. Don’t go weary of staying in one place. Find a way for mold detection

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