Desmidiales and
Zygnematales –
Archaeplastida
Observations on Desmidium grevillei
Protisten / Protisten.de – created by Wolfgang Bettighofer / Algae green-colored (2: Desmids): other Zygnematophyceae / Desmidiales / Desmidiaceae / Desmidium grevillei
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Desmidium grevillei (Kützing) De Bary 1858
Most likely ID: n.a.
Basionym: Didymoprium grevillei Kützing ex Ralfs 1848
Add’l Synonyms: n.a.
Sampling date 09/2009. Scale bars indicate 25 µm.
Four images.
| First to third: | Synoptic representation of the cell surface. |
| Fourth: | Optical cross-section through the cell showing chloroplasts, pyrenoids, storage globules and a nucleus. |
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Place name: Wetland near Schladming (Austria)
Latitude: 47.37386 Longitude: 13.823016
Microscope Zeiss Universal, camera Olympus C7070WZ. DOF images.
Sampling date 09/2009. Scale bars indicate 50 µm (1), 25 µm (2).
Two images.
| First: | Chain and single cell. |
| Second: | Close-up of single cell. |
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Place name: Wetland near Schladming (Austria)
Latitude: 47.37386 Longitude: 13.823016
Microscope Zeiss Universal, camera Olympus C7070WZ. DOF images.
Sampling date 10/2019. Scale bars indicate 25 µm.
Two images. The second image shows symbiontic bacteria living in the mucilaginous sheeth.
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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.
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