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Cyanophyceae: Nostocales: Nostocaceae

 Anabaena sp.
[Bory 1822] Bornet et Flahault 1886 (John et al. 2002)
Bory de St. Vincent 1822 sensu Rippka et al. 1979 (Bergey's Manual 2nd. 2001)

Family: Trichome (filamentous structure) with heterocysts; with equal diameter throughout hole length; no branching; heterocysts intervening or at base.
Genus: Mucous sheath, nearly invisible; heterocysts at base never become a large akinete (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).

Anabaena, cell body 3-6 μm long, 6.5 μm wide, x 640, Kurome river, Asaka city, Saitama Pref., Japan, May 16, 2004 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Anabaena Anabaena

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