rspb20172368_si_002.mov (4.84 MB)
Movie 2 from Biomechanics of Tetrahymena escaping from a dead end
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posted on 2018-02-13, 11:23 authored by Takuji Ishikawa, Kenji KikuchiCiliary beat of T. thermophile trapped between plates. Cilia around the center of the cell are touching the wall, where cilia are inclined and move slowly. Cilia around the side of the cell are away from the wall, where cilia move quickly. The original movie was taken with a 60× objective lens at 1000 fps and played at 30 fps. The height of the movie is 65.7 µm, and the width is 61.5 µm.