r/interesting • u/freudian_nipps • 16d ago

NATURE Death of a single-celled organism

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u/SudoMadeMeDoIt 16d ago

I wonder what killed it.

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u/Katops 16d ago

Apparently the heat of the light.

https://www.reddit.com/r/interesting/s/ShPfW2h6xs

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u/Alt-001 16d ago

This is one way, another is lack of oxygen. Typically they will live for a while in the water droplet under the microscope slide, but once they use up the disolved oxygen they start to fall apart because they don't have the energy to keep themselves together.

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u/einTier 16d ago

A literal come apart.

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u/RaDiOaCtIvEpUnK 16d ago

What a drama queen. It’s a tiny bit harder to breathe and the dude falls apart.