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Cyanophyceae: Chroococcales: Chroococcaceae

Chroococcus
Nägeli 1849

Order & Family: Floating unicells or a colony embedded in a matrix; no differentiation of apical and base structures; only one family.
Genus: Unicells or a colony of spherical cells covered with a distinct sheath (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).
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Unicells or colonies of 2, 4, 8 cells
Chroococcus turgidus
C. turgidus
40 samples
9-31 x 9-35 μm
1998-2008
Chroococcus turgidus
C. turgidus
40 samples
9-31 x 9-35 μm
1998-2008
Chroococcus
C. turgidus
40 samples
9-31 x 9-35 μm
1998-2008
Chroococcus turgidus
C. turgidus
40 samples
9-31 x 9-35 μm
1998-2008
Chroococcus
C. minutus ?
7 x 4 μm
Inari Park
Toyama
Toyama, 2002
Chroococcus
C. minutus ?
5 μm
Showa-machi g.p.
Showa town
Saitama, 2006
Chroococcus
C. minor ?
5 x 4 μm
Musashi-Urawa
Saitama, 2001
Colonies consisting of many cells
Chroococcus
C. pallidus
14 samples
7-11 μm
2003-2007
Chroococcus
C. pallidus
14 samples
7-11 μm
2003-2007
Chroococcus
C. pallidus
14 samples
7-11 μm
2003-2007
Chroococcus
C. pallidus
14 samples
7-11 μm
2003-2007
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C. pallidus ?
7 μm
Omine-numa
Tsukiyono
Gunma, 2003
Chroococcus
C. pallidus ?
or Microcystis ?
11 x 10 μm
Kodanuki marsh
Fujinomiya
Shizuoka, 2005
Chroococcus
C. pallidus ?
or Microcystis ?
10 μm
Fujimi-hotaru-shinsui
Okegawa
Saitama, 2006
Chroococcus
C. limneticus
3 samples
7 μm
2005-2007
Chroococcus varius
C. bituminosus ?
or C. varius
1.5 x 2 μm
Uruguay, 1999
Chroococcus varius
C. bituminosus ?
or C. varius
1.5 x 2 μm
Saitama, 1999

Chroococcus
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