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Cyanophyceae: Nostocales: Oscillatoriaceae

Oscillatoria tenuis
Agardh var. tenuis

Species [ var. tenuis Agardh ]: Trichome straight, bluegreen, slightly curved at terminal, 2.5-5 μm long, 4-10 μm wide, L/W=1/3 (0.3); septum slightly constricted, granules present along septum; apical cells semispherical, its wall sometimes thickened.
[ var. asiatica Wille ]: 4.5-6 μm long, 10-12 μm wide (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).


Oscillatoria tenuis Agardh var. tenuis, trichome 10 μm diam., cell body 2.5-3.5 μm long, L/W=0.25-0.35, x 400, x 640, Saitama Pref. Japan 2000, 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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