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Microcystis botris
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The colonies of brown colored small sphaerical cells are colones of Microcystis botris, a less common species of this genus in Lake Kinneret. The black dots in each individual cell are gas vesicles, typical of this genus, giving it positive buoyancy. The 3 colorless organims accociated with the Microcystis colonies are ciliates for the genus Vorticella, which are non-photosynthetic organisms, feeding mostly on bacteria and small phytoplankton cells.
author
aalster and tzohary
copyright
A Alster & T Zohary, Kinneret Limnological Laboratory, IOLR
