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Cyanophyceae: Chroococcales: Chroococcaceae
Cyanophyceae: Chroococcales: Microcystaceae

Microcystis sp.

Microcystis Genus: A colony of spherical cells; each cell is not covered with a sheath, instead cells are scattered within a gelatinous matrix; the distance between cells is usually shorter than their diameter (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).
Species:


Microcystis sp., cell body μm long, μm wide, x 100, x 400, Japan, 1998 by Y. Tsukii
scale 50 μm scale 100 μm scale 150 μm; x 400
Microcystis Microcystis


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