Bacteria on the 'Fungal Highway': Pseudomonas putida moving along hyphae of Cunninghamella elegans

Active movement of motile Pseudomonas putida bacteria in liquid films surrounding hyphae of the fungus Cunninghamella elegans, overgrowing the surface of Potato Dextrose Agar. Movement is shown in real-time.
Images were taken with a Nikon DS-Qi1 camera mounted on a Nikon AZ100M microscope, using an AZ-Plan Fluor 5x (NA 0.5/W.D. 15 mm) lens.
Author: Tom Berthold
Editing: Sebastian Wiedling
Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ GmbH
Department Environmental Microbiology
Bioavailability Group www.ufz.de/inde...

[@FredrickRockson]

Amazing work. Another reason why fungi is critical and indispensable in biomass decomposition in soil. Thank you for the great work

[@MrTimjwilson]

Nice work.

[@petesummers7626]

fantastic work, amazing

[@tiinaalamae4597]

Very nice. I show it in my microbiology lecture.

[@lindanorris2455]

GREAT VIDEO!