Heliozoa-protist (left) These are microbial eukaryotes with stiff arms radiating from their spherical bodies, undergoing a cell division here. Fungi (right) 80% of plants are colonised by fungi that form the familiar network of fine white threads - mycorrhizae which take in water and minerals from the soil, in exchange for nutrients from the plant.
Cyanobacteria (left)are a phylum consisting of free-living photosynthetic bacteria, annually causing water blooms all around the world. They were the first organisms that produced oxygen in our atmosphere. Nematode (right) are ubiquitous soil organisms-about a mm long and a few microns wide. They fill several functions in the soil, eating roots, fungi, bacteria, other nematodes.
Bacteria (left) There are three basic bacterial shapes are coccus (spherical), bacillus (rod-shaped), and spiral (twisted), here you can see lots of bacillus and cocci bacteria. Cillate-protist (right) This is a protozoa with hair like organelles which they use for locomotion and food/nutrients/prey gathering.
Our wormery at Wardington with microphones inside it recording the sounds of worms.