Golgibodies in diatoms

[Rene]

Hi all, while wading through my images I came across a nice looking Caloneis, showing a good deal of intracellular structures. Not long ago Gerd (and Martin) showed similar structures in Pinnularia which turned out to be Golgibodies https://www.mikroskopie-forum.de/index.php?topic=38371.msg282265#msg282265. Always nice to see them structures confirmed in other genera.

Leitz 50x/1.0 waterimmersion objective in a microaquarium, Oly DIC. Arrow point towards a Golgibody in Caloneis amphisbaena.

Enjoy,
René

[rhamvossen]

Hi René,

Nice pictures. I find it quite intriguing that you can actually see these organelles in a living diatom. Thanks for sharing. Best regards,

Rolf

[Rene]

Precies Rolf, who doesn't want to see mitochondria in the size of paramecia ;-)

René

[Wes]

Fascinating! I will keep my eyes open for these structures next time I find one of the bigger living diatoms. If you see and capture more of these structures please share them.

Best regards
Wes

[Goldfuss]

You can clearly see the golgibodies in this video of pinnularia nobilis:
https://youtu.be/5e671EEexT4

[Rene]

Nice one Goldfuss. Another typical thingy in Pinnularia: at 2 min in your movie small 'holes' show in the chloroplasts. That's the place where endosymbiontic bacteria are dug in. Quite amazing the amount of detail visible within such a simple plant.

Best wishes, René