Tiny Organisms in Aquatic Habitats

Observations on Spongomonas uvella

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Spongomonas uvella F.Stein, 1878

Most likely ID: n.a.

Basionym: n.a.

Add’l Synonyms: n.a.

Spongomonas uvella

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.

Spongomonas uvella

Scale bar indicates 10 µm.

Cells out of the mucilaginous colony lump. The two flagellae per cell are clearly depicted.

Place name: Bog Dosenmoor near Neumuenster (Schleswig-Holstein, Germany) 
Latitude: 54.136219     Longitude: 10.026433

Microscope Zeiss Universal, camera Olympus C7070WZ.

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