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Volvox

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Volvox 

a genus of mobile colonial Chlorophyta (green algae) living in stagnant fresh waters. In the USSR there are four species. Volvox has the shape of a sphere measuring up to 3 mm in diameter; on the periphery of the sphere there is a single layer of from 200 to 50,000 cells, which are connected by protoplasmic threads: the cavity is filled with a liquid mucus. Two flagella extend outward from each cell; their movement propels the organism. A few larger cells serve for asexual and sexual reproduction; the sexual process is oogamy.
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Still other microorganisms, such as the Volvox algae, are covered in flexible, undulating flagella whose coordinated waves add up to net motion.
Microswimmers make a splash: tiny travelers take on a viscous world by Sanders, Laura / Science News
Moreover, the flagella of Volvox are nearly identical to the cilia in the human body, whose coordinated action is central to many processes in embryonic development, reproduction, and the respiratory system.
'Dancing' algae can 'waltz' and 'minuet' by Asian News International
The cash was raised with a national charity quiz run by financial business Lloyds TSB Development Capital and backed by car parts supplier Volvox, part of Leeds-based Ring Automotive.
Quiz raises pounds 13k for disabled youngsters by Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England)
 
 
 
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