Purpose:

• The purpose of this lab was to extract the ciliate from the soil sample and identify the type of ciliate in the sample

Procedure

1. Utilize a concavity slide and put a drop from the soil sample onto the slide and put the slide under the compound microscope and search for ciliates.

Results:

Some ciliates were found but it was difficult to view the morphological structures.

Conclusion:

• It was very difficult to discern unique morphological structures from the images we found in the compound microscope.