Interference Microscopy Technique

Mr. Ralph Grimm

2012

Jimboomba, Queensland, Australia

Specimen: Colonial rotifers showing eyespots and corona, magnification 200x - 500x.

Technique: Differential interference contrast

Mr. Charles Krebs

2011

Issaquah, Washington, USA

Specimen: Rotifer Floscularia ringens feeding. Its rapidly beating cilia (hair-like structures) bring water containing food to the rotifer

Technique: Differential interference contrast microscopy

Dr. Stephen S. Nagy

2008

Helena, MT, USA

Specimen: Actinoptychus heliopelta

Technique: Jamin-Lebedeff Interference Contrast

Mr. Wolfgang Bettighofer

2010

Kiel, Germany

Specimen: Licmophora juergensii on red alga

Technique: Differential interference contrast

Mr. Rogelio Moreno Gill

2012

Biomarcell Station Zoologique

Panama City, Panama

Specimen: Unicellular green alga Micrasterias from lake sample. 22 stacked images.

Technique: Differential interference contrast

Mr. Wim van Egmond

2006

Rotterdam, Netherlands

Specimen: Golden Algae Colony

Technique: Differential Interference Contrast

Mr. Gerd A. Günther

2008

Dusseldorf, NRW, Germany

Specimen: Trichodina pediculus

Technique: Differential Interference Contrast

Mr. Wim van Egmond

2004

Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Specimen: Living Volvox colony (green algae)

Technique: Differential interference contrast, 100x Objective

Mr. Ralph Grimm

2013

Jimboomba Queensland, Australia

Specimen: Paramecium, showing contractile vacuole and ciliary motion.

Technique: Differential interference contrast, 350x-1000x