Greatest Name in biology

CK9 · 05-10-2009, 03:29 PM

Hi Friends,

A couple of years ago I encountered a website with microscopy images of a microbe -- whose species I forget, I think it was an amoeba -- which had internal physical structures closely resembling the Greatest Name.

If anybody is familiar with this or can find the website, could you please remind me of the species name or share a URL? I'd be really grateful!

Thanks
CK

arthra · 05-10-2009, 10:11 PM

See:

Nine-pointed star in microscopic images of the algae Chlamydomonas

CK9 · 05-11-2009, 03:05 AM

Arthra thanks so much! Ok so it wasn't the Greatest Name, but close enough... :wink

Jafar · 05-13-2009, 12:54 PM

that's crazy. are there any other places where this has been published? a couple of the links on that page don't work...

arthra · 05-14-2009, 03:45 AM

I think it's fascinating but it's important also to realise that this was an image of a cross section of the algae.. now a days there at least five hundred varieties of this algae that are known and most scientists only work with a few of them at a time..at least that's from the reading that I've gathered.

- Art

CK9 · 05-21-2009, 08:41 AM

Yes it's quite amazing as it looks like a symbol we might expect to see hanging on a wall at a Baha'i home! A search for the species name on google, Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, shows there are quite a few variations like Art mentioned.

What I like about this is that it's not subjective: there's no need to use our imagination to see the symbol. I remember seeing a photo of a tree which was struck by lightning, resulting in it (apparently) resembling a person praying towards Mecca. But, no matter how much I squinted and tilted my head I couldn't see it! There was also that story about the toast which had a pattern resembling Mary: it later fetched a ridiculous sum on E-bay.

These cells are much more convincing methinks

05-10-2009, 03:29 PM	#1
CK9 Junior Member Joined: May 2009 From: UK Posts: 27	Greatest Name in biology Hi Friends, A couple of years ago I encountered a website with microscopy images of a microbe -- whose species I forget, I think it was an amoeba -- which had internal physical structures closely resembling the Greatest Name. If anybody is familiar with this or can find the website, could you please remind me of the species name or share a URL? I'd be really grateful! Thanks CK

05-10-2009, 10:11 PM	#2
arthra Senior Member Joined: Jun 2006 From: California Posts: 2,805	Microscopic image of chlamydomonas See: Nine-pointed star in microscopic images of the algae Chlamydomonas

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05-11-2009, 03:05 AM	#3
CK9 Junior Member Joined: May 2009 From: UK Posts: 27	Arthra thanks so much! Ok so it wasn't the Greatest Name, but close enough... :wink

05-13-2009, 12:54 PM	#4
Jafar The Evil Visir Joined: Mar 2006 From: Chapel Hill Posts: 147	that's crazy. are there any other places where this has been published? a couple of the links on that page don't work...

05-14-2009, 03:45 AM	#5
arthra Senior Member Joined: Jun 2006 From: California Posts: 2,805	I think it's fascinating but it's important also to realise that this was an image of a cross section of the algae.. now a days there at least five hundred varieties of this algae that are known and most scientists only work with a few of them at a time..at least that's from the reading that I've gathered. - Art

05-21-2009, 08:41 AM	#6
CK9 Junior Member Joined: May 2009 From: UK Posts: 27	Yes it's quite amazing as it looks like a symbol we might expect to see hanging on a wall at a Baha'i home! A search for the species name on google, Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, shows there are quite a few variations like Art mentioned. What I like about this is that it's not subjective: there's no need to use our imagination to see the symbol. I remember seeing a photo of a tree which was struck by lightning, resulting in it (apparently) resembling a person praying towards Mecca. But, no matter how much I squinted and tilted my head I couldn't see it! There was also that story about the toast which had a pattern resembling Mary: it later fetched a ridiculous sum on E-bay. These cells are much more convincing methinks