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Cyanophyceae: Chroococcales: Chroococcaceae
Cyanophyceae: Chroococcales: Merismopediaceae

 Synechocystis sp.

Synechocystis Order & Family: Floating unicells or a colony embedded in a matrix; no differentiation of apical and base structures; only one family.
Genus: Unicells; cell body lacking sheath, spherical in shape (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).

Synechocystis, cell body 9.5 μm long, 7 μm wide, x 640, Riverside green land (near Tone river), Sawara city, Chiba Pref., Japan, October 11, 2004 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Synechocystis

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