sheath
Description:
Phormidium (four-mid-ee-um) the filaments consisting of a trichome (chain of cells) surrounded by an organic sheath. In this image, note the sheath in a region of the filament that lacks cells (upper left). Phase contrast microscopy.
Included On The Following Pages:
- Life (creatures)
- Cellular (cellular organisms)
- Bacteria
- Cyanobacteria
- Oscillatoriales
- Oscillatoriaceae
- Terrabacteria
- Cyanobacteria/Melainabacteria group
- Phormidium
- Oscillatoriophycideae
This image is not featured in any collections.
Source Information
- license
- cc-by-nc
- author
- David Patterson and Bob Andersen
- provider
- micro*scope
- original
- original media file
- visit source
- partner site
- micro*scope
- ID