Cyanobacteria and Chlorobi
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
Sampling date 10/2016. The scale bars indicate 50 µm (close-up on top) and 100 µm (slider).
Several images of a colony.
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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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