Chlorophyceae:
Chlorococcales: Oocystaceae
Monoraphidium litorale
Hindák
Genus: Cell body elongated spindle in shape, straight or curved, sharply pointed at both ends;
(Guide book to the "Photomicrographs of the Freshwater Algae", 1998).
Species: Cell body fusiform, straight or slightly bowed, both ends tapered,
22-43 μm long, 2-6 μm wide;
chloroplast parietal, elongated, with pyrenoids;
cell division produces 4, 8, or 16 "autospores"
(Photomicrographs of the Freshwater Algae, vol. 16, 1996).
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Monoraphidium litorale,
vegetative cells 29-48 μm long, 3-5 μm diam.,
a clone cultured with Hyponex and KCM medium,
x 400, x 640, Kagami Pond, Otawara City, Tochigi Pref., Japan, September 2000, by Y. Tsukii
50 μm
100 μm
150 μm; x 400 :
31 μm
63 μm
94 μm; x 640
Dividing cells, 4 daughter cells are formed within a parent cell,
which are transversely subdivided and then each daughter cell elongates within the parental cell wall
Monoraphidium litorale, stock Tok-3, axenic culture with KCM and Hyponex medium,
x 400, x 640, Kagami-Ike, Otawara city, Tochigi Pref., 2000 by Y. Tsukii
Monoraphidium litorale, stock Tok-3, axenic culture with KCM and Hyponex (March 2, 2002 to April 4, 2002),
cell body μm long, μm wide,
x 640, Kagami-Ike, Otawara city, Tochigi Pref., 2000 by Y. Tsukii
31 μm
63 μm
94 μm; x 640
Monoraphidium litorale Hindak:
Cells singular, fusiform, often attached to a subtrate or to mother cell wall remnant with one end by means of
a mucous target; 22-43 micron long, 2-6 micron wide; a chloroplast pariental, trough-shaped,
with a naked pyrenoid (without starch-envelope); cell division produces 4, 8 or 16 autospores (daughter cells)
releasing by crosswise rupture of mother cell wall
(Phtomicrog. Freshw. Alg. 16: 56, 1996)
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