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Chlorophyceae: Chlorosarcinales: Chlorosarcinaceae
(Chlorophyceae: Chaetophorales: Protococcaceae)

 Desmococcus sp.
Syn: Protococcus, Pleurococcus, Apatococcus

Desmococcus Genus: Subaerial algae or an algal component of lichens; colonies as cell aggregates or sometimes form filaments in part; cell body spherical or elongated ellipsoidal; with a single chloroplast plate-like (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).
Species:

Desmococcus sp. (D. olivaceus ?, or Protococus sp.) (Chlorosarcinales or Chaetophoraceae, Chaetophorales), cell body 6-12 μm in diam., x 400, x 640, from a concrete block at Nasu-Shiobara st. (railway station), Tochigi Pref., Japan, September 2001 by Y. Tsukii
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Desmococcus Desmococcus

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