Mama2Mischief Posted December 21, 2010 Share Posted December 21, 2010 I found this organism growing in a container we used to use to hold homemade baby wipes. The water it is floating in is simply tap water with a bit of tea tree oil, but it has been sitting stagnant for quite some time, as we apparently forgot to dump it when we were through using it. I find it quite fascinating, and would love to know what it is, if anyone would be kind enough to tell me their ideas. If the pics aren't clear enough, I can ask my husband to try. Thank you in advance! Dawn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michel123456 Posted December 21, 2010 Share Posted December 21, 2010 a condom? -1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mama2Mischief Posted December 21, 2010 Author Share Posted December 21, 2010 Hahaha! Nope. Try again. Guess I could have written that it is only about the size of a nickel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Skeptic Posted December 21, 2010 Share Posted December 21, 2010 A colony of some kind of microorganism. Unfortunately, it really isn't very easy to tell what those are just by looking. Though it seems a little more patterned than what I'm used to, so my guess is a fungus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mama2Mischief Posted December 22, 2010 Author Share Posted December 22, 2010 Thank you. If it wasn't Christmas break, I'd try to get hold of a local high school/junior high science teacher and see if they could look at it under a microscope. Is it safe to assume, since simply visually inspecting doesn't yield answers, the microscope would be what we need? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Skeptic Posted December 22, 2010 Share Posted December 22, 2010 More important would be an expert. I've looked at things under a microscope and they look mostly like blobs; I'd only be able to distinguish the species if I was given a limited number to choose from. But a microscope would be enough to distinguish its general type even for the inexperienced, you could find whether it is an eukaryote or what shape it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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