Parasites in Algae and
Cyanobacteria
Observations on a parasite sporangium in Trachelomonas granulosa
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Parasite species
Most likely ID: Pseudosphaerita spec.
Basionym: n.a.
Add’l Synonyms: n.a.
Sampling date 06/2022. Scale bars indicate 25 µm.
Two images.
| First: | Cell shortly after leaving rigid, mineralized envelope (lorica). We can see the eye spot, a endoparasite, probably a Pseudosphaerita species, and chloroplasts. |
| Second: | The same image with marker arrows. We can see the lorica (arrow), the eye spot (double headed arrow), the endoparasite (arrowhead), and chloroplasts (double arrowhead). |
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Place name: Pond in the forest of Altenholz-Stift (Schleswig-Holstein, Germany)
Latitude: 54.384913 Longitude: 10.125691
Microscope Zeiss Axioplan, camera Olympus OM-D M5 MKII. DOF images.
For the discussion about the heterokont endoparasite Pseudosphaerita spec., please read here:
- Anderson, S. A., Stewart, A., Tolich, A. G.: Pseudosphaerita euglenae, a fungal parasite of Euglena spp. in the Mangere Oxidation Ponds, Auckland, New Zealand. New Zeal. J. Mar. Freshw. Res. 29, 371–379 (1995).
- Laber, B.: Parasiten der Augenflagellaten Euglena und Trachelomonas. MIKROKOSMOS 102, 172–179 (2013)
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