2012 Photomicrography Competition

Bdelloid rotifers (microscopic freshwater invertebrates)

Michael Shribak Dr. Irina Arkhipova

Affiliation
Marine Biological Laboratory
Woods Hole, Massachusetts, USA
Technique
Polarized Light
Magnification
20x

Female of Varroa destructor (parasitic mite that attacks the honey bees Apis cerana and Apis mellifera)

Gilles San Martin

Affiliation
University of Louvain-la-Neuve
Louvain-La-Neuve, Belgium
Technique
Reflected Light
Magnification
10x

Herpetosiphon aurantiacus (filamentous gliding bacterium)

Michael Shribak Dr. Irina Arkhipova

Affiliation
Marine Biological Laboratory
Woods Hole, Massachusetts, USA
Technique
Orientation-independent Differential Interference Contrast
Magnification
40x