Movie 1.
Swimming of T. thermophila after being released from the micropipette aspiration. After being released from the micropipette aspiration, the cell swims in a normal helical pattern. This movie shows the swimming cell for ∼6.6 seconds (11 ms intervals, normal speed). Scale bar: 100 μm. The image is 565 μm high and 538 μm wide.
Three-dimensional beating pattern of the ciliary tip in the live ciliate Tetrahymena
J Cell Sci 2025. 138:None-None; doi: 10.1242/jcs.264027