APHOTOMARINE

An educational resource dedicated mainly to the photography
and diversity of marine life that can be found in coastal waters
and intertidal areas of Great Britain and Ireland by David Fenwick.

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Marine bacteria
Beggiatoa-type bacteria?
- on tentacles of marine polychaete worm Cirratulus 1

Marine bacteria
Beggiatoa-type bacteria?
- on tentacles of marine polychaete worm Cirratulus 2

Marine bacteria
Beggiatoa-type bacteria?
- on tentacles of marine polychaete worm Cirratulus 3

Marine bacteria
Beggiatoa-type bacteria?
- on tentacles of marine polychaete worm Cirratulus 4

Marine bacteria
Beggiatoa-type bacteria?
- on tentacles of marine polychaete worm Cirratulus 5

Marine bacteria
Beggiatoa-type bacteria?
- on tentacles of marine polychaete worm Cirratulus 6

Marine bacteria
Beggiatoa-type bacteria?
- microscope / on tentacle of Cirratulus 1

Marine bacteria
Beggiatoa-type bacteria?
- microscope / on tentacle of Cirratulus 2

Marine bacteria
Beggiatoa-type bacteria?
- microscope / on tentacle of Cirratulus 3

Marine bacteria
Beggiatoa-type bacteria?
- microscope / bacteria on and embedded in tentacle 1

Marine bacteria
Beggiatoa-type bacteria?
- microscope / bacteria embedded in tentacle 1

Marine bacteria
Beggiatoa-type bacteria?
- microscope / bacteria on
tentacle 1

Marine bacteria
Beggiatoa-type bacteria?
- with 0.01mm division rule 1

Marine bacteria
Beggiatoa-type bacteria?
- with 0.01mm division rule 2

Marine bacteria
Beggiatoa-type bacteria?
- with 0.01mm division rule 3

Marine bacteria
Beggiatoa-type bacteria?
- microscope image of two
bacteria 1

Marine bacteria
Beggiatoa-type bacteria?
- habitat 1

Marine bacteria
Beggiatoa-type bacteria?
- habitat 2

Marine bacteria
Beggiatoa-type bacteria?
- habitat / location 1

The bacteria here was found on the tentacular filaments of the polychaete worm Cirratulus sp., possibly Cirratulus cirratus, that was found in a rock crevice on the lowershore at Lariggan Rocks, Penzance, Cornwall, 03.04.18 and 01.05.18.

I am in very grateful to two French scientists, Anne-Laure Sauvadet and Erwan Roussel, for their help with the identification and the confirmation of a bacteria from the images provided.

The main objective of this website is in furthering environmental awareness and education through the medium of photography. To increase awareness and access to the wildlife of the region and help

people find and identify it. Sometimes the difference between species is obvious but many species can only be determined by observing microscopic characteristics that are specific to any one species.