Tiny Organisms in Aquatic Habitats
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Spongomonas uvella F.Stein, 1878
Most likely ID: n.a.
Basionym: n.a.
Add’l Synonyms: n.a.
Sampling date 05/2007.
Larger colony of S. uvella growing mushroom-shaped on Sphagnum leaflets. The diameter of the colony in the center of the picture is about 2 mm.
Place name: Bog Dosenmoor near Neumuenster (Schleswig-Holstein, Germany) Latitude: 54.136219 Longitude: 10.026433
Dissecting microscope Zeiss SV6, camera Olympus C7070WZ.
Scale bar indicates 10 µm.
Cells out of the mucilaginous colony lump. The two flagellae per cell are clearly depicted.
Microscope Zeiss Universal, camera Olympus C7070WZ.
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