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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 sp., cell body 12 μm long, 15 μm wide, x 640, Tanohara marsh, Shiga highland, Yamanouchi town, Nagano Pref., Japan, September 26, 2004 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
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