It seems like a very interesting section of biology, and since I have a microscope, I’m getting more and more interested by it as the days go on. But I don’t see a lot of observations and identifiers of microorganisms (at least in my region). So, is this an under-appreciated area of iNat? Or just an…

Microbiology is one of the most mind-blowing areas of biology. I would guess that microbiology is “appropriately appreciated” by iNATTERS, but is “under-appreciated” by “civilians”. So microbiology IS “under-staffed” on iNat . . . observations and IDs will only grow significantly when smartphones …

To agree with the general sentiments so far, I have posted microorganisms before (long winter nights!), mostly freshwater animals, and either there are not too many IDers, or it’s just plain difficult to get diagnostic features on the kind of microscopes that are most accessible. However, your obse…

I still haven’t found a rotifer yet. Yesterday I found a little weird microscopic sand flea looking thing. I have no idea what it is, but its cool! It would be awesome to observe my first ciliates and stentors! Since its getting quite cold where I live, I’m not sure how to microorganisms will react…

My family recently splurged on a great microscope (max magnification 2000x), but I don’t really use it because (a) I don’t really know how to use it (b) I don’t see anything there anyway

I found the rotifer in early March, still winter here. I was bored and stuck at home doing school and decided to cut some lichens off the sidewalk in front of our house. I think there was still snow on the lawn. I’m not sure where you are or how cold it gets there; here in southern Ontario we do get…

You can probably find some good tutorials on Youtube about how to find microorganisms. Generally they’re more in moist environments. So you could look at a tiny bit of wet moss, or lichen, or algae from a fish tank, or water from a pond, etc. Just a drop of water or a tiny bit of material is often e…

I joined the microscopy community on iNat in 2022. It’s small, but growing quickly, and the number of active identifiers has increased as well. However, there are still groups where the number of identifiers is very small and/or zero — in particular freshwater ostracods are almost never identified :…

Update: I collected some moss from my backyard. I live in Western Washington, so it’s getting a little chilly out. I took it back inside with me, and added some cool tap water to the tupperware I had collected it in. I let it sit for abt. 15~20 minutes or so, and then loaded some of the mossy water …

[image] shroomysean: then loaded some of the mossy water into a syringe and transferred it to the slide. [image] someplant: The problem is that the concentration of microorganisms is very low in the open water I expect it’s a similar issue. You likely would get more luck looking direct…

[image] shroomysean: am I doing something wrong? If your municipal water is chlorinated, it may have killed everything off. Try using rain water or other “wild” water and see if it makes a difference.

How big is the microorganism/microbiology community on iNat?

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