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Chlorophyceae: Chlorococcales

 Chlorococcum infusionum
(Schrank 1811) Meneghini 1842

Chlorococcum minimum Genus: Subaerial algae; cell body without gelatinous coat; a single chloroplast cup-shaped with a pyrenoid (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).
Species: Cell body 10-20 (up to 40) μm in diam., zoospore 6-10 μm long, 3-5 μm wide (Süßwasserflora von Mitteleuropa 10, Chlorophyta II, 1988).

C. infusionum (Schrank 1811) Meneghini 1842 (or Chlorococcum minimum Ettl et Gärtner 1987 ?), stock Sak-1, axenic culture with Hyponex and KCM, after prolonged culture (8/2-9/18), cell body μm long, μm wide, x 640, Japan, 2001 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Chlorococcum minimum Chlorococcum minimum

C. infusionum (Schrank 1811) Meneghini 1842 (or Chlorococcum minimum Ettl et Gärtner 1987 ?), stock Sak-1, axenic culture with KCM & Hyponex (January 23 to March 3, 2003), cell body μm long, μm wide, x 640, Kurome River, Asaka city, Saitama Pref., August 2000, by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Chlorococcum minimum Chlorococcum minimum Chlorococcum minimum

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