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Cyanophyceae: Nostocales: Oscillatoriaceae

Oscillatoria priestleyi
W. et G.S. West

Genus: Trichome without mucous sheath; straight, long, consisting of numerous cells (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).
Species: Trichome pale-blue in color, nearly straight, gradually tapering to both curving ends, sometimes slightly constricted at cell-cell junction, 5-6 μm wide; cell body 3-5 μm long (about 2/3 of its width); terminal cells rounded (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).


Oscillatoria priestleyi W. et G.S. West ?, cell body 3-6 μm long, 7.5 μm wide, L/W=0.4-0.8, x 640, standing water near Tama river, Komae city, Tokyo, Japan, February 24, 2004 by Y. Tsukii
scale 50 μm scale 100 μm scale 150 μm; x 400 : scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Oscillatoria priestleyi Oscillatoria priestleyi


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