- Prokaryotes: bacteria: occurrence, diversity (ecology, nutrition), cyanbacteria, how they affect human life.
- Protozoa: common features, differences with animals; diversity.
- Algae: common features, differences with plants; diversity.
- Fungi: common features, differences with plants and animals; diversity; classification; anatomy of mushrooms; common mushrooms.
Learn about all those microscopic critters that exist everywhere around us.
What's your ideal environment? Sunny, 22ºC and a light breeze? How about living in nearly boiling water that's so acidic it eats through metal? Or residing in a muddy, oxygenless soup far saltier than any ocean? If you're an extremophile, that might sound perfect.
Colossal creature a humungous fungus.
Very good short intro to fungi, a kingdom that includes the largest known living being. The page contains a link to the audio of the article.
Bacteria
You might not see them, but they're there.
Bacterian growth
Watch a colony of bacteria multiplying.
Microscopic world I
Beautiful movie showing algae, protozoa and small invertebrates dancing in a lake.
Small world
Much the same thing as the previous one. Protozoa and lots of algae.
Phagocytosis (I)
Amoeba gobbles algae cells.
Phagocytosis (II)
Amoeba gobbles paramecium.
Cilia and flagella
Narrated clip explaining protozoan movement.
Fungi
Fungi in all their beautiness.
Mushroom madness
Extracted from the BBC/NHK documentary Planet Earth.
Blue oyster mushrooms growing
Beautiful time-lapse movie showing the growth of the many mushrooms produced by a single fungus.
Mould on rotting apple
Another time-lapse movie showing the not-so-riveting growth of these inferior fungi.
Phytoplankton
Diatoms (microalgae), magnified 5000 times
Tabellaria, a diatom
Coccosphere stage of an haptophyte alga
Colony of a a golden alga
Colonies of green algae
Multicellular green algae
Spirogyra, a filamental green alga
Corallina officinalis, a coralline red alga
Macrocystis, a brown alga
Sargassum, a brown alga
