Tiny Organisms in Aquatic Habitats

Observations on Chroococcus minutus

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Chroococcus minutus (Kützing) Nägeli 1849

Most likely ID: n.a.              

Basionym: Protococcus minutus Kützing 1843

Add’l Synonyms: Gloeocapsa minuta (Kützing) Hollerbach 1936
                               Chroococcus virescens Hantzsch 1865
                               Gloeocapsa minuta f. typica Hollerbach 1938

Chroococcus minutus

Sampling date 10/2014. Scale bar indicates 10 µm.

Place name: Pond in Lemkendorf, isle Fehmarn (Baltic Sea, Germany).
Latitude: 54.472296     Longitude: 11.095662

Microscope Zeiss Axioplan, camera Canon EOS 70D.

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