Microscopic Photos of the "Black Specks"

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"The Black Specks, aka Spheres, "Balls", Satellites..."

Left ear debris 3/18/09 - shot in petri dish, cultured 3/1/09 450x

[sarothra]

Hi Kammy,
Great photos. Please look at the thread on "sticky nets". I believe this "ball" is a discarded fiber ball of undigestible hair fibers. The parasitic fungi is capable of digesting keratin and I believe there is a part of the hair that is indigestible. I believe I have read that these "black specks" sometimes are black and sometimes brown. I believe that could relate to the color of one's hair - it's a theory..

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"The Black Specks, aka Spheres, "Balls", Satellites..."

Interesting theory Sarothra, hopefully, we'll be able to put more of these photographs into a picture to see what's most likely happening? Your comments are appreciated to help figure this out.

Here's 2 photos of the black/brown specks, I have seen an irrediscent blue and red ones, also:

Left ear 3/18/09 - shot in petri dish, cultured 3/1/09, 100x




Left ear 3/18/09 - shot in petri dish, cultured 3/1/09, 100x

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Left ear 3/18/09 - shot in petri dish, cultured 3/1/09 100x

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"The Mother Satellite with Human Hair"

Left ear debris 3/18/09 - shot in petri dish, cultured 3/1/09 600x



Left Ear 3/24/09 shot in Dish, Black/Brown Sphere 450x



"Mr Brown Eye" looks like he's getting fuzzy around the edges? 3/29/09, Cultured 2/28/09 Experiment #2:

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"Speck/Dot Colony Quantities"

Just for reference, here are now what the colonies of the 'dots/specks' are doing since they were photographed 5 days ago, notice the very much increased numbers:

Left ear 3/24/09 - shot in petri dish, Photo 29. Speck/Dot Colony Quantities 450x




Left ear 3/24/09 - shot in petri dish, Photo 30. Speck/Dot Colony Quantities 450x




Left ear 3/24/09 - shot in petri dish, Photo 31. Speck/Dot Colony Quantities 450x




Left ear 3/24/09 - shot in petri dish, Photo 32. Speck/Dot Colony Quantities 450x

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Originally Posted by sarothra

Kammy look at this photo and see if you think it resembles yours:
http://www.uoguelph.ca/~gbarron/ZBio...ty/pleuto2.jpg

Yes, what is that?

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These photos below shows the relationship between the 'seeds/specks' and the fibers and what they are doing in the creation process.

Cultered on 2/28/09 in nutrient agar, Exp 2, photographed on 3/29/09 - 31 days growth.

This photo below at 450x shows a beginning stage of how the 'seeds/specks/beads' are connector-like in the middle of the fibers.

In a different place in the same petri dish where the growth is a little further along - (at 100x) - Notice how the 'specks/seeds' are now on the side of the fibers as if they are almost ready to fall off? I speculate that they do 'fall off' or leave the fiber to continue this process over and over. ( And, how the red fibers tend to produce red 'specks/seeds', the blue fibers produce blue seeds, yellow - yellow, etc.)

(When I remove the fiber/seed debris from my outside ear, I have often felt as if my ear contains 'beads on a string'... )

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Originally Posted by sarothra

Here's a link to the spores of arthrobotrys - compare to your picture of streptococcus
(I don't think it's streptococcus)
Google Image Result for http://content.ll-0.com/pureaircontrols/pureaircontrols_e_a000442186.JPG?i=081705131119

This one doesn't appear to be what the one above is. Are these just the 'spores'?

This one is the match:

Originally Posted by sarothra
Kammy look at this photo and see if you think it resembles yours:
http://www.uoguelph.ca/~gbarron/ZBio...ty/pleuto2.jpg

[Katinka]

Kammy, Sarothra,

please note my thread Microscope Gallery

Katinka