Vampyrella Amoeba Eating Spirogyra ⁠ ⁠ Time-lapse light microscopy footage of a #Vampyrella #lateritia trophozoite (center) attached to and feeding on a strand of #Spirogyra #algae (tubular). Vampyrella is a unicellular micro-organism sometimes described as a "vampire amoeba". It attacks other #microscopic organisms, such as algae, and penetrates their cell walls and extracts the contents (green). The complete process of cell wall penetration, suction and extraction is shown in this clip. Vampyr

Spyro Gyra - Full Concert - Live at the North Sea Jazz Festival 2003 Spyro Gyra is an American jazz fusion band that was formed in Buffalo, New York, in 1974. The band's music combines jazz, R&B, funk, and pop music. The band's name comes from Spirogyra, a genus of green algae which founder Jay Beckenstein had learned about in college. LINEUP Jay Beckenstein (saxophones); Julio Fernandez (guitars); Tom Schuman (keyboards); Scott Ambush (bass); Joel Rosenblatt (drums). ABOUT After twenty-five yea