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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 nearly spherical, about 3 μm in diam., x 640, Kashiwa-no-ha Park, Kashiwa city, Chiba Pref., Japan, August 2002 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Microcystis Microcystis


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