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Gamophyceae: Zygnematales: Zygnemataceae

 Spirogyra sp.

Spirogyra Genus: Filament without branching; cell body cylindrical; one or several chloroplasts band-shaped, spirally arranged within the cell, pyrenoids present; septum with or without folded structure (Guide book to the "Photomicrographs of the Freshwater Algae", 1998). About 300 species (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).
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Spirogyra sp., cell body 43 μm diam., 4 band-form chlroplasts making 1.5 turns in each cell, x 400, x 640, Matsumoto, Nagano Pref., Japan, May 2001, collected by N. Kinoshita, photo by Y. Tsukii
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Endosymbiont or parasite ?
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