Micrasterias
Desmidiaceae –
Archaeplastida
Observations on Micrasterias fimbriata
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Micrasterias fimbriata Ralfs 1848
Most likely ID: n.a.
Basionym: n.a.
Add’l Synonyms: Micrasterias apiculata ssp. fimbriata (Ralfs) Nordstedt 1888
Micrasterias apiculata var. fimbriata (Ralfs) Nordstedt ex Hansgirg 1892
Sampling date 06/2025. Scale bars indicate 50 µm.
Two images.
| First: | Synoptic representation of the cell wall showing the spines on the cell wall surface. |
| Second: | Optical cross-section showing chloroplasts, the central nucleus as well as circular, luminous structures, spherical assimilate bodies with storage lipids (oleosomes). |
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Place name: Moor called Schwemm near Walchsee (Tyrol, Austria)
Latitude: 47.657707 Longitude: 12.299540 Elevation: 669 m
Microscope Zeiss Axioplan, camera Olympus OM-D M5 MKII. DOF images.
Sampling date 06/2025. Scale bars indicate 50 µm.
Two brightfield images.
| First: | Synoptic representation of the cell surface wall the spines on the cell wall surface. |
| Second: | Optical cross-section showing chloroplasts with numerous pyrenoids and the central nucleus. |
Please click on < or > on the image edges or on the dots at the bottom edge of the images to browse through the slides!
Place name: Moor called Schwemm near Walchsee (Tyrol, Austria)
Latitude: 47.657707 Longitude: 12.299540 Elevation: 669 m
Microscope Zeiss Axioplan, camera Olympus OM-D M5 MKII. DOF images.
Sampling date 06/2025. Scale bars indicate 100 µm (1), 5 µm (2), 20 µm (3), 5 µm (4, 5), 1 µm (6).
Six images. The images show the entire cell and close-ups of the cell wall. They illustrate the network of cellulose microfibrils in the thin primary cell wall. Further details can be found here.
Please click on < or > on the image edges or on the dots at the bottom edge of the images to browse through the slides!
Place name: Moor called Schwemm near Walchsee (Tyrol, Austria)
Latitude: 47.657707 Longitude: 12.299540 Elevation: 669 m
Tescan Clara SEM, © Wolfgang Bettighofer/Jürgen Stampfl
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