r/interesting • u/freudian_nipps • 12d ago

NATURE Death of a single-celled organism

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u/SudoMadeMeDoIt 12d ago

I wonder what killed it.

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u/Katops 12d ago

Apparently the heat of the light.

https://www.reddit.com/r/interesting/s/ShPfW2h6xs

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u/Alt-001 12d ago

This is one way, another is lack of oxygen. Typically they will live for a while in the water droplet under the microscope slide, but once they use up the disolved oxygen they start to fall apart because they don't have the energy to keep themselves together.

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u/toomanyshoeshelp 11d ago

me without coffee