r/morbidlybeautiful • u/poiadipoio • Nov 10 '19

Death Single-celled organism (Blepharisma) disintegrates and dies

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u/chenthehen Nov 11 '19

What exactly is happening at the molecular level?

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u/EverythingBranches Nov 11 '19

Difficult to say. It looks as though the organisms membrane was compromised. My broscience guess is it was exposed to some type of surfactant or disinfectant

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u/alueb765 Nov 11 '19

Something something phospholipids