G'Day from Australia I just would like to mention something en passant about some stuff I bought from the net,recently, I bought from an eBay seller 6 grams of...
The sample was a piece of brown root that was waving about in a stream. I burnt it in a stainless steel kitchen ladle over a gas stove keeping the ladle at a...
This summer I collected some freshwater diatomite of Early Miocene age from a site in northwestern Nebraska. After about 10 freeze/thaw cycles a lump of this...
Thought I would give Raymonds Quiz a try. I said to myself, `self if you can get all the genus correct your doing good'. Well, I know I did not get all the...
Hi All, I have added three pictures to my album `Charles'. After 28 days in 3% hydrogen peroxide at ambient temperature there is little progress in cleaning...
In Science, Vol 324, 1651-1652, 1724-1726, June 26, 2009, there are two articles on the origin of the chloroplasts of diatoms. A new study (Moustafa et al)...
Eureka! The material I collected at Newport Back Bay that was light in weight and light gray in color is indeed loaded with spicules, some centric diatoms,...
Hi all Nice to hear from you again Stan. Hurricane Ike caused high winds in the mid-west where I live. Power surges destroyed my hard drive. I am in the...
I have added a picture of Climacosphenia after 14 days bath in 3% Hydrogen Peroxide at room temperature with occasional agitation, actually its about 13 2/3...
Most diatomists working with freshwater floras quickly become familiar with Cymatopleura elliptica (Kützing) Cleve, a common epipelic species. Fewer,...
Hello all, I have updated my website. While photographing pediastrum I got a mystery visitor. Can anyone help me identify it? It is on the Index page (page...
WE WILL BE SELLING ALL OUR WILD M20 STUFF EXCEPT ONE FOR THE DISPLAY CHANCES ARE WE WILL WISH TO SELL ALL AS ONE COLLECTION. TRADES FOR CERTAIN OTHER THINGS...
My review paper with David Hill on the evolution of jumping spiders finally hit the web as a pdf publication (not quite what I had in mind- we had planned it...
This has cropped up before. It seems from very few health and safety sites that treating samples preserved in formalin with hcl will generate some sort of...
Hello, My name is Diana and I am selling a very large lot of microscopic parts and two inverted metallugical microscopes at very good prices. I also have...
I have added three images of the marine diatom Climacosphenia to my album 'Charles'. The diatoms were cleaned using bleach as described by Mr. Dailey. Have...
UK members may be interested to know that the Quekett Microscopical Club is holding it's Midland Meeting at the Haling Dene Centre in Penkridge, Staffordshire...
I finally got a chance to look at one - from East Turkey Creek in the Chiricahuas. It had a fair amount of diatoms and also some desmids. My other samples...
It is a good thing to be a part of this group.Sandy _________________________________________________________________ Because e-mail on your cell phone should...
Hello, How long can diatoms be left in Hydrogen Peroxide 30%? and how long can diatoms be left in Hcl?, have had some in a long while. Thanks, David...
I did take some samples (which I have not looked at) at Railroad Canyon in Grant County at 7000'. I hope to get to them on the weekend. However Saturday is...
This seems to be a topic that isn't covered very well. There are several aspects where, what and how. By what I mean what type of diatom tends to be where....
Savona Books' catalogue arrived today and they have a copy of Taylors 'Notes on Diatoms' for £30.00. Although it was published in 1929 almost every word is as...
from Aguirre Springs, Organ Mountains, Dona Ana County, New Mexico. The first two were of a sample taken from a seep along the Pine Tree Loop Trail on the...
As you know I am pretty new to this so here are some questions I have for you. Can Somatic cells and e-coli be picked up under a microscope at X40? The reason...
Probably some or most of you are members of Microscope on Yahoo and so this may be redundant. My interest in microscopic aquatic organisms started when I was a...
