Tiny Organisms in Aquatic Habitats

Observations on Chroococcus tenax

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Chroococcus tenax (Kirchner) Hieronymus 1892

Most likely ID: n.a.           

Basionym: Chroococcus turgidus var. tenax Kirchner 1878

Add’l Synonyms: Gloeocapsa tenax (Kirchner) Hollerbach, 1938
                               Chroococcus turgidus f. luteolus (Woronichin) Hollerbach ?
                               Chroococcus luteolus Woronichin 1932
                               Gloeocapsa turgida f. luteola (Woronichin) Hollerbach 1938

Chroococcus tenax

Sampling date 09/2009. Scale bar indicates 25 µm.

Place name: Wetland near Schladming (Austria).
Latitude: 47.37386     Longitude: 13.823016

Microscope Zeiss Universal, camera Olympus C7070. DOF image.

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