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Observations on Chroococcus turgidus

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Chroococcus turgidus (Kützing) Nägeli, 1849

Most likely ID: n.a.

Basionym: Protococcus turgidus Kützing, 1846

Add’l Synonyms: Gloeocapsa turgida (Kützing) Hollerbach, 1936
Gloeocapsa turgida f. typica (Kützing) Hollerbach, 1938

Sampling date 10/2019. Scale bars indicate 25 µm.

Several tomographic images (top to bottom) of a colony.
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Place name: Bog Waasenmoos, Pass Thurn near Mittersill (Tyrol, Austria).
Latitude: 47.30234117 Longitude: 12.41751194

Microscope Zeiss Axioplan, camera Olympus OM-D M5 MKII. DOF images.

Sampling date 05/2008. Scale bars indicate 25 µm.

Place name: Bog near Salzburg (Austria).
Latitude: 48.068516 Longitude: 12.954134

Microscope Zeiss Universal, camera Olympus C7070. DOF image.

Sampling date 06/2013. Scale bars indicate 10 µm.

Chroococcus turgidus with chytrid parasite

Chroococcus turgidus, attacked by Chytridiomycota cells. The arrows point to the three chytrid cells; the rhizoids they have drilled through the protective jelly to the host cell are clearly visible in the top two. The cell mass of the cyanobacteria is visibly reduced. In the image attached below, a sucked out Chroococcus cell. Scale bar indicates 10 µm.

Place name: Wetland Schweizeralm near Waidring (Tyrol, Austria) .
Latitude: 47.579916 Longitude: 12.575343

Microscope Zeiss Standard, camera Canon EOS 600D. DOF image.

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