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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).
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Microcystis sp., cell body spherical, 4-6 μm in diam., x 640, Koshigaya, Saitama Pref., Japan, July 2001 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Microcystis

Microcystis, cell body spherical, 7-8 μm in diam., x 640, Kenmin-kenko-fukushi-mura Park, Koshigaya city, Saitama Pref., Japan, February 5, 2006 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Microcystis


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