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Cyanophyceae: Nostocales: Oscillatoriaceae

Oscillatoria sp.

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 (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).


Oscillatoria or Lyngbya ?, cell body 1.5 μm long, 2.5 μm wide, L/W=0.6, x 640, Toneri Park, Adachi-ku, Tokyo, Japan, December 2001 by Y. Tsukii
scale 50 μm scale 100 μm scale 150 μm; x 400 : scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
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