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Merismopedia glauca
caption
Methylene blue stained colony, showing clearly the mucilaginous sheath in which the cells are embedded. The cells are elongated before division or hemispheres after division. The colonies are flat (one-layered), the cells are arranged in sets of 4.
author
aalster and tzohary
copyright
A Alster & T Zohary, Kinneret Limnological Laboratory
observation details
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image notes
Image notes: Photo taken with an Olympus BX50 Microscope equipped with DIC optics and PixeLink digital camera, mag. X100
