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Cyanophyceae: Nostocales: Nostocaceae

Nostoc sp.
[Vaucher 1803] Bornet et Flahault 1886 (John et al. ed. 2002)
Vaucher 1803 (Bergey's Manual 2001)


Family: Trichome (filamentous structure) with heterocysts; with equal diameter throughout hole length; no branching; heterocysts intervening or at base.
Genus: Mucous sheath, nearly invisible; heterocysts intervening; filaments agglutinate (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).


Nostoc , x 400, x 640, by Y. Tsukii
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