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Hidden life in water - on a voyage of discovery with a microscope

Time
18:00 - 24:00 o'clock
Organizer
Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena and Deutsches Zentrum für integrative Biodiversitäts-Forschung (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig
Place
Campus, Hörsaal 6
Adresse
Carl-Zeiß-Straße 3

Discover the fascinating, teeming world of groundwater with us and find out why ciliates, flagellates and sundews are so important to us! A hands-on experience for adults and children.

Invisible to the naked eye, countless tiny creatures cavort in bodies of water, even deep underground - in groundwater. In this sparse habitat, they fulfill important functions in nutrient cycles and food webs that have hardly been researched to date.

These tiny creatures include protozoa, or more broadly protists. These include crawling amoebae, which constantly change their shape, and others that move around using flagella or cilia on their bodies. Protists always impress with their remarkable variety of shapes. Most protozoa in groundwater are hunters that feed on smaller microorganisms, mostly bacteria.

We are investigating the extent to which they influence the bacterial community and what role they play in the food web.

 
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Das Foto zeigt eine lichtmikroskopische Aufnahme eines Wimperntierchens.
Wimperntierchen: unzählige Wimpern auf der Oberfläche dienen der Fortbewegung und der Nahrungsbeschaffung
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