Micrasterias
Desmidiaceae –
Archaeplastida
Observations on Micrasterias denticulata
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Micrasterias denticulata Brébisson ex Ralfs 1848
Most likely ID: n.a.
Basionym: n.a.
Add’l Synonyms: Micrasterias angulosa Hantzsch 1866
Micrasterias furcata var. denticulata (Brébisson) Rabenhorst 1868
Micrasterias denticulata var. lusitanica J.Sampaio 1922
Sampling date 04/2007. Scale bars indicate 50 µm.
Two images.
| First: | Synoptic representation of the cell surface. |
| Second: | Optical cross-section through the cell showing chloroplasts with numerous pyrenoids and nucleus. |
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Place name: Bog near Salzburg (Austria)
Latitude: 48.068516 Longitude: 12.954134
Microscope Zeiss Universal, camera Olympus C7070WZ. DOF images.
Sampling date 10/2019. Scale bars indicate 100 µm (1), 25 µm (2).
Two images.
| First: | Optical cross-section through the cell showing chloroplasts with pyrenoids, globules of stortage substances (oleosomes) and the nucleus. |
| Second: | Close-up on the cell center showing structure of the chloroplasts, globules of storage material and nucleus with papillous nucleolus. |
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Place name: Bog Waasenmoos, Pass Thurn near Mittersill (Tyrol, Austria)
Latitude: 47.30234117 Longitude: 12.41751194 Elevation: 1200 m
Microscope Zeiss Axioplan, camera Olympus OM-D M5 MKII. DOF images.
Sampling date 06/2023. Scale bars indicate 100 µm (1, 2), 50 µm (3), 10 µm (4).
Four images, divided into two slide changers.
| First: | Detailed depiction of the two chloroplasts, the assimilates (oleosomes). |
| Second: | Detailed depiction of the two chloroplasts, the assimilates and the nucleus (pale disk in the middle of the cell). |
| Third and fourth: | Zoom-in and detailed depiction of lobes. The cell wall is covered with small pores through which a protective gelatinous layer is secreted. |
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Place name: Wetland Lauchseemoor, Fieberbrunn (Tyrol, Austria)
Latitude: 47.46954439 Longitude: 12.53826499
Microscope Zeiss Axioplan, camera Olympus OM-D M5 MKII. DOF images.
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