Parasites in Algae and
Cyanobacteria
Observations on a parasite hole in Closterium costatum
Algal parasite species
Most likely ID: n.a.
Basionym: n.a.
Add’l Synonyms: n.a.
Sampling date 06/2025. Scale bars indicate 100 µm (1), 10 µm (2).
Two images. Whole cell and a zoom on one apex region showing a perforation of the thick-walled cellulose sheath by a parasitic organism.
Place name: Moor called Schwemm near Walchsee (Tyrol, Austria)
Latitude: 47.657707 Longitude: 12.299540 Elevation: 669 m
Tescan Clara SEM, Tescan Clara SEM, © Wolfgang Bettighofer/Jürgen Stampfl
© Wolfgang Bettighofer,
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