Extant life detection using label-free video microscopy in analog aquatic environments
Fig 7
Biosignatures from Death Valley/Ash Meadows.
(A) Amplitude (left) and phase (right) images of a motile (gliding) diatom from Badwater Basin Pool. (B) Amplitude (left) and phase (right) images of a motile ciliate from Ash Meadows. (C) MHI of an in situ recording showing the run-reverse swimming pattern of two organisms from Badwater basin in Death Valley. (D) Manually tracked trajectories of the motile organisms in (C).