Chattonella

Chattonella (shat-on-ella) is one of the small handful of genera making up the raphidophytes. These are stramenopiles with many small disc shaped chloroplasts that contain chlorophylls a and c, although they often seem top be quite green. This is a flagellated cell and the anterior flagellum can be seen at the anterior end of the cell. The large grey area in the anterior /centre of the cell is where the nucleus is located. Differential Interference Contrast.

Chattonella (shat-on-ella) is one of the small handful of genera making up the raphidophytes. These are stramenopiles with many small disc shaped chloroplasts that contain chlorophylls a and c, although they often seem top be quite green. This is a palmelloid cell in which the cell is not motile, but surrounded in a mucus sheath. Phase Contrast.

Chattonella (shat-on-ell-a) marina, a stramenopile, with golden plastids (freshwater raphidophytes often have plastids which are bright green). Anterior flagellum beats with undulating motion drawing the cell forward, a second flagellum trails behind the cell. Phase contrast microscopy. data on this strain.

Chattonella (shat-on-ell-a) marina, a stramenopile, with golden plastids (freshwater raphidophytes often have plastids which are bright green). Anterior flagellum beats with undulating motion drawing the cell forward, a second flagellum trails behind the cell. Differential interference microscopy. data on this strain.