Cyanobacteria and Chlorobi
Observations on Merismopedia glauca
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Merismopedia glauca (Ehrenberg) Kützing 1845
Most likely ID: n.a.
Basionym: Gonium glaucum Ehrenberg 1838
Add’l Synonyms: Merismopedia aeruginea Brébisson 1849
Merismopedia nova H. D. Wood 1873
Sampling date 10/2008. Scale bar indicates 50 µm.
The cells of the bluegreen alga (or cyanobacterium) Merismopedia are arranged in a square plate lying in a mucilaginous envelope.
Place name: Hiddensee Bodden (Germany).
Latitude: 54.582633 Longitude: 13.115051
Microscope Zeiss Universal, camera Olympus C7070. DOF image.
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