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Chlorophyceae: Chlorococcales: Oocystaceae

Oocystis sp.
Nägeli

Oocystis Genus: Planktonic; colony of 2-8 cells surrounded by cell wall of their mother cell, but sometimes unicellular; cell body broad ellipsoidal, both ends slightly pointed and with a thick cell wall; 1-3 chloroplasts parietal plate-like, with a single pyrenoid (Guide book to the "Photomicrographs of the Freshwater Algae", 1998).
Species:
Similar genus -->> Nephrocytium;


Oocystis sp., cell body ellipsoidal (or cylindrical with rounded ends) 27 μm long, 12 μm wide, L/W=2.3, x 640, Watari mizube-no-gakkou, riverside park of Abukuma river, Fukushima city, Fukushima Pref., Japan, October 28, 2005 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
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