Genus: Thalli branched uniseriate filamentous; attached by a basal cell with a small holdfast; cells cylindrical or sometimes subclavate; terminal cells with bluntly rounded end; chloroplasts a single, parietal plate-like; without pyrenoids (Photomicrographs of the Freshwater Algae, vol.. 4, 1985).

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M. kuetzingianum 15-18 x 3 μm Japan, 1998	M. kuetzingianum x 3-3.5 μm Sanda Hyogo, 2001	M. kuetzingianum x 4.7 μm Ageo Maruyama Park Saitama, 2002	M. kuetzingianum x μm Ina town Saitama, 2003
M. kuetzingianum ? 14-19 x 3 μm Yamaguchi Univ. Yamaguchi, 2004	M. kuetzingianum x μm Komado marsh Showa & Tajima Fukushima, 2004	M. kuetzingianum 13-22 x 3.5-4 μm Hanasaki water p. Kazo Saitama, 2005	M. kuetzingianum 9-25 x 3-4 μm Toyonodai p. Otone Saitama, 2006
M. kuetzingianum x 2.5 μm Mida-ga-hara Gassan (mt) Yamagata, 2006	M. kuetzingianum x 3.5 μm Chigo-ike 4 Shiga highland Nagano, 2006	M. kuetzingianum μm Okahotto 5 Abiko Chiba, 2008	M. kuetzingianum axenic culture Okahotto Abiko Chiba, 2008
M. strictissimum 25-50 x 3 μm Mizuko Fujimi Saitama, 2003	M. strictissimum 22-32 x 3 μm Nagaike park Hachioji Tokyo, 2005	M. strictissimum μm near Karakemi m. Omachi Nagano, 2005

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