Chlorophyceae:
Chlorococcales: Scenedesmaceae
Scenedesmus bernardii
G. M. Smith
Genus: Colonies of 4 (or 2, 8, 16) cells attached side by side, arranged linearly or zigzag;
cell body elliptical or spindle or crescent in shape; terminal cells with spiny projections in many species;
cell wall usually smooth, but in some species granulated or dented or ridged
(Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).
Species:
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Scenedesmus bernardii, cells cultured with Hyponex and KCM medium,
mature cells 15 μm long, 4 μm wide,
x 400, x 640, Uruguay, 1999, by Y. Tsukii
50 μm
100 μm
150 μm; x 400 :
31 μm
63 μm
94 μm; x 640
Scenedesmus bernardii, x 640,
Uruguay, 1999, collected by Takahashi et al., photo by Y. Tsukii
Scenedesmus bernardii, stock 53-1B, axenic culture with Hponex and KCM,
cell body μm long, μm wide,
x 400, x 640, Uruguay, 1999, collected by Takahashi et al., photo July 2001 by Y. Tsukii
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