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stipitata, portrait

Image of Ochromonadales

Description:

Poterioochromonas (poe-tear-ele-owe-moan-ass) stipitata, small chrysophyte alga with thin organic stalk expanding to an egg-cup like structure at its unattached end. Although this alga has a small chloroplast and is photosynthetic, it often relies upon engulfing bacteria as a source of energy. Several cells seen here. Phase contrast microscopy.

data on this strain.

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David Patterson and Bob Andersen
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