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CIL:11970*  Cite 
Description

The movie shows the wave-like effect of compensated birefringence caused by rotating spirochetes attached to the surface of a hypermastigote protozoan. The image was obtained using a rectified polarizing microscope with compensator.

Biological Sources
NCBI Organism Classification
Hypermastigote protozoan
unidentified spirochete
Biological Context
Biological Process
motlity
Attribution
Names
Shinya Inoue
Published
S. Inoue 2008 Collected Works of Shinya Inoue. World Scientific Publishing Company, Singapore, Hackensack, NJ, USA
Citation
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
doi:10.7295/W9CIL11970
Archival Resource Key (ARK)
ark:/b7295/w9cil11970
Imaging
Image Type
recorded image
Image Mode
polarization microscopy
Parameters Imaged
retardance
Source of Contrast
form birefringence
Visualization Methods
visualization of contiguous regions
Data Qualifiers
processed data
Sample Preparation
Methods
living tissue
Relation To Intact Cell
whole mounted tissue
Dimensions
Spatial Axis Image Size Pixel Size
X 704px ——
Y 480px ——