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Cyanophyceae: Nostocales: Oscillatoriaceae

 Oscillatoria limnetica
Lemmermann


Oscillatoria limnetica Genus: Trichome without mucous sheath; straight, long, consisting of numerous cells (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).
Species: Trichome straight, with a constriction at cell-cell junction, 1.5 μm in diam.; cell body elongated, 4-12 μm long, L/W=2.5-8 (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).

Oscillatoria limnetica Lemmermann (or O. neglecta Lemmermann ?), cell body 2-4 μm long, 2 μm wide, L/W=, x 200, x 400, x 640, Kinchakuda, Hidaka city, Saitama Pref., Japan, June 13, 2004 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
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