Dissecting Binocular Microscope

The Chytrid Fungus in Frog

dissectingbinocularmicroscope — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 04:06:25 +0000

Science experts think that the deterioration and loss of several frog species around the world may be partially because of a disease initiated by a Chytrid fungus. The fungus attacks the portions of a skin of the frog that have keratin in them, which can be viewed clearly by means of microscopy under a microscope like the dissecting binocular microscope. The skin of the frog and its intricate design as well as its muscles once it is skinned can be viewed clearly through microscopy under a microscope such as dissecting binocular microscope. Since frogs utilize their skin in respiration, having fungus attached to it makes it not easy for the frog to breathe. The fungus also destroys the nervous system, affecting the behavior of the frog. (more…)

Red-legged Frog

dissectingbinocularmicroscope — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 04:04:56 +0000

The Red-legged frog has a scientific name of Rana aurora draytonii. The California red-legged frog is the biggest native frog in western America. It is one of two subspecies of the red-legged frog discovered on the Pacific coast and its structures are better observed through microscopy under a microscope like the dissecting binocular microscope. The other is the northern red-legged frog, scientifically known as Rana aurora aurora.
In the middle of 1800s, the entire mountains were swept away by placer mining, and practically every stream east of the Central Valley was blocked with mud, silt and rock, damaging thousands of acres of frog surroundings. It was an unparalleled environmental upheaval and directed to some of the first ecological laws. (more…)

The Tetrodotoxin

dissectingbinocularmicroscope — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 04:03:44 +0000

The organism is known as tetrodotoxin and the diseases it triggers are called as Tetradon Poisoning, Pufferfish Poisoning or Fugu Poisoning. Fish poisoning by ingestion of members of the order Tetraodontiformes is one of the most ferocious poisonings from marine species. The gonads, liver, intestines, and skin of pufferfish, which can all be clearly viewed by means of microscopy under a microscope such as dissecting binocular microscope, can have levels of tetrodotoxin enough to generate quick and violent fatality. The flesh of many pufferfish may not typically be hazardously toxic. Tetrodotoxin are also isolated from broadly differing animal species, comprising of the California newt and parrotfish, which can be structurally observed via microscopy under a microscope such as dissecting binocular microscope. The frogs of the genus Atelopus, which can be dissected and vividly examined by means of microscopy using a microscope such as dissecting binocular microscope, also has the poison tetrodotoxin. (more…)

The Various Shellfish-Connected Toxins

dissectingbinocularmicroscope — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 04:02:32 +0000

Shellfish poisoning is triggered by a group of toxins developed by planktonic algae such as dinoflaggelates, in most instances upon which the shellfish nourish. The toxins are mounted up and at times metabolized by the shellfish. Such shellfish can be better viewed by means of microscopy using a microscope such as dissecting binocular microscope. The twenty toxins accountable for paralytic shellfish poisonings are all offshoots of saxitoxin. Diarrheic shellfish poisoning is seemingly initiated by a group of high molecular weight polyethers, involving okadaic acid, the dinophysis toxins, the pectenotoxins and yessotoxin. Neurotoxic shellfish poisoning is the consequence of exposure to a group of polyethers known as brevetoxins. Amnesic shellfish poisoning is triggered by the unusual amino acid, domoic acid, as the pollutant of shellfish. (more…)

The Ciguatera

dissectingbinocularmicroscope — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 04:01:02 +0000

Ciguatera is a form of human intoxication initiated by the ingestion of subtropical and tropical marine finfish that have built up naturally occurring toxins by means of their diet. Such presence of toxins in the fish can be observed once the fish is dissected and examined via microscopy under a microscope like the dissecting binocular microscope. The toxins are identified to start off from certain dinoflagellate or algae species that are typical to ciguatera prevalent areas in the lower latitudes. (more…)