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Bodo designis (beau-dough), small flagellate, with two flagella, moving with a rotating motion, skipping or gliding motion. One of the most common of the bodonids, found in almost every habitat so far studied. Moves by skipping near surfaces. It stops to ingest attached or detrital bacteria with the anterior mouth (in the rostrum). Phase contrast, rotten picture.
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Bodo designis, small flagellate, with two flagella, moving with a rotating motion, skipping or gliding motion. The flagella insert into a small subapical pocket, as is suggested by the subapical depression. One of the most common of the bodonids, found in almost every habitat so far studied. Moves by skipping near surfaces. It stops to ingest attached or detrital bacteria with the anterior mouth (in the rostrum). Phase contrast
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Bodo (Boe-dough) designis Skuja, 1948. Cell outline is usually elliptical. Cells are 4 to 7 microns long with two unequal flagella emerging from a subapical pocket and are somewhat flexible. The anterior flagellum is about the length of the cell or slightly shorter and curves back over the rostrum. The anterior flagellum wraps around the anterior part of the cell and the mouth is pressed against food particles when the cell is feeding. The acronematic posterior flagellum is about 2 - 4 times the length of the cell and has a sinuous profile in swimming cells. The cells rotate around their longitudinal axes when swimming. The nucleus is located near the middle of the cell. Commonly observed.
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Bodo designis Skuja, 1948. Bodo cells that are usually elliptical, 4 to 7 microns long with two unequal flagella emerging from a subapical pocket and are somewhat flexible. The anterior flagellum is about the length of the cell or slightly shorter and curves back over the rostrum. The anterior flagellum wraps around the anterior part of the cell and the mouth is pressed against food particles when the cell is feeding. The acronematic posterior flagellum is about 2 - 4 times the length of the cell and has a sinuous profile in swimming cells. The cells rotate around their longitudinal axes when swimming. The nucleus is located near the middle of the cell.
