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Cyanophyceae: Chroococcales: Chroococcaceae
Cyanophyceae: Chroococcales: Microcystaceae

Microcystis sp.

Microcystis Genus: A colony of spherical cells; each cell is not covered with a sheath, instead cells are scattered within a gelatinous matrix; the distance between cells is usually shorter than their diameter (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).
Species:


Microcystis sp. ?, cell body ellipsoidal or nearly spherical 4.5 μm long, 3.5 μm wide, x 400, x 640, Karasu-ga-mori Koen, Nasu-shiobara city (formerly Kuroiso city), Tochigi Pref., January 2001 by Y. Tsukii
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