Parasites in Algae and
Cyanobacteria
Observations on a chytrid cell on Melosira varians
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Chytrid species
Most likely ID: n.a.
Basionym: n.a.
Add’l Synonyms: n.a.
Sampling date 04/2019. Scale bars indicate 50 µm.
Optical cross-section through the algae filament, in the upper left part of the image a parasite (probably from the Chytridiomycota family) has attached itself to a cell. The next cell to the right contains a spermatogonangium (state of sexual reproduction).
Place name: Pond Domänental near Kronshagen (Kiel, Germany)
Latitude: 54.33211 Longitude: 10.060821
Microscope Zeiss Axioplan, camera Olympus OM-D M5 MKII. DOF images.
© Wolfgang Bettighofer,
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