Fun With Algae





So okay, by now you'll really think I'm a nerd (and I even have a video of my Spirulina oscillating under the microscope to show for it =P). But really, I think it's just a matter of opening our minds to see the fascinating in the boring. Joy for me now is wading through calf-deep mud to get a scoop of slime and discovering that it's a rare species of algae sought-after for its high protein properties.And then being able to isolate them from the diatoms and other blue-green algae through moist culture. Who would have thought I'd find an affinity with microscopic algae?


Welcome to the mind-twisting world of the marine botany lab....

Comments

  1. Jemi AquinoMarch 9, 2007 at 10:52 AM

    what a cutie!
    and no, you're not a nerd. =P hehehe.
    really, spiraling spirulina are riveting. =)

    HUGS,
    jemi

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  2. kaloy bugoyMarch 10, 2007 at 2:46 AM

    di man ni ikaw. not your calf!

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  3. Jeneen GarciaMarch 29, 2007 at 2:30 AM

    you've seen them too? =D


    really, i'm starting to think of specializing in algae in coral reefs ;-) the visiting indian teacher told me marine cyanobacteria are even more beautiful =)

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  4. Jeneen GarciaMarch 29, 2007 at 2:33 AM

    hahaha. very perceptive. now i know why you're a journalist ;-) actually that's a fellow nerd who got so excited when he heard that i'd found a patch of spirulina by the lab that he waded right in when i went back to take a photo of the site. when i did it the first time, i didn't get any mud past my ankles ;-)

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  5. Jemi AquinoMarch 29, 2007 at 10:28 AM

    yes, and yes.
    but then again, i've always been partial to blue... =)

    HUGS,
    jemi

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