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Cyanophyceae: Nostocales: Oscillatoriaceae

Oscillatoria mougeotii
Kützing

Oscillatoria Family: Trichome (filamentous structure) lacks heterocysts; with equal diameter throughout whole length; no hair-like structure; no branching.
Genus: Trichome without mucous sheath; straight, long, consisting of numerous cells

Species: Tricome dark green, straight or slightly curved, without constriction, not attenuated toward ends, 2-3 μm long, 5.5-7.5 μm wide; both ends broadly rounded (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).


Oscillatoria mougeotiiKützing, cell body 2.5 μm long, 6 μm wide, L/W=0.4, x 640, rice field, Toguchi (west to Kita-sakado station), Sakado city, Saitama Pref., Japan, August 16, 2004 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Oscillatoria Oscillatoria


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