Tiny Organisms in Aquatic Habitats

Observations on Microcystis aeruginosa

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Microcystis aeruginosa (Kützing) Kützing 1846

Most likely ID: n.a.               

Basionym: Micraloa aeruginosa Kützing 1833

Add’l Synonyms: Diplocystis aeruginosa (Kützing) Trevisan 1848
                               Polycystis aeruginosa (Kützing) Kützing 1849
                               Clathrocystis aeruginosa (Kützing) Henfrey 1856
                               Palmella cyanea Kützing 1843
                               Microcystis aeruginosa f. typica Elenkin 1938
                               Anacystis cyanea F. E. Drouet & W. A. Daily 1952

Microcystis aeruginosa
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Sampling date 10/2016. The scale bars indicate 50 µm (close-up on top) and 100 µm (slider).

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Place name: Pond near the Bodden bay Schwarzer Peter, Hiddensee (German Baltic Sea).
Latitude: 54.514946 Longitude: 13.082471

Microscope Zeiss Axioplan, camera Olympus OM-D M5 MKII. DOF images.

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