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Cyanophyceae: Chroococcales: Chroococcaceae

Microcystis convoluta

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 convoluta, cell body μm long, μm wide, x 400, x 640, Uruguay, November 1999, photo by Y. Tsukii
scale 50 μm scale 100 μm scale 150 μm; x 400 : scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
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