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Chlorophyceae: Chlorococcales: Oocystaceae

Oocystis sp.
Nägeli

Oocystis Genus: Planktonic; colony of 2-8 cells surrounded by cell wall of their mother cell, but sometimes unicellular; cell body broad ellipsoidal, both ends slightly pointed and with a thick cell wall; 1-3 chloroplasts parietal plate-like, with a single pyrenoid (Guide book to the "Photomicrographs of the Freshwater Algae", 1998).
Species:
Similar genus -->> Nephrocytium;


Oocystis sp. ? (or Nephrocytium ?), cell body football-shaped, 9 μm long, 6 μm wide, x 400, x 640, Ashiba-Yama (mountain), Fukui Pref., Japan, October 2000, collected by N. Kinoshita, photo by Y. Tsukii
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Oocystis Oocystis


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