Tiny Organisms in Aquatic Habitats

Observations on Achromatium oxaliferum

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Achromatium oxaliferum Schewiakoff 1838

Most likely ID: n.a.

Basionym: n.a.

Add’l Synonyms: n.a.

Achromatium oxaliferum

Sampling date 04/2006. Scale bar indicates 10 µm.

Achromatium oxaliferum is a large colorless sulpher bacterium containing large refractile structures of calcite spherulites.

Place name: Pond Demühlen, rain storage reservoir in Kiel-Russee (Schleswig-Holstein, Germany).
Latitude: 54.304095     Longitude: 10.086073

Microscope Zeiss Universal, camera Olympus C7070.

Achromatium oxaliferum

Sampling date 09/2009. Scale bar indicates 50 µm.

Multi-layer image shows cell in conjugation sharing genetic information.

Place name: Pond situated in the vicinity of Lake Constance (Germany).
Latitude: 47.734945     Longitude: 9.091097

Microscope Zeiss Universal, camera Olympus C7070.

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