62 reactions | These are sulfur bacteria Beggiatoa magnified 1000x,...

This is a Phacus tortus, a wonderful looking single-celled organism magnified 1000 times! It's literally better looking than I am. I might be smarter but still, good that we don't compete. 😂 . So this hotshot uses sunlight to produce sugar for itself and occasionally eats some other things in the environment. It can sense the light source with photosensitive proteins under the red spot on the cell. It has a whip like flagellum, it beats the flagellum to move in the water to reach suitable place