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Originally Posted by taricha
Wow, pod eating a nematode, then defecating it 20 min later?
That's a high clearance rate, and probably means they digest only a small amount of what they ingest.
Jason, when you see active bacteria in motion, about how big is it? A couple of microns? (I'm wondering if some stuff I'm seeing could be bacteria.)
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Depends on the bacteria. The coccus type maybe 1-5 microns. Some thinner but longer like one of my favorite to find and watch are what I think are spirochete types. They are very energetic. I'd say barely a micron width but length could easily exceed 5-10 microns. Then of course there's the giants like cyanobacteria which is a big chain of them.
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