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.
data on this strain.
Included On The Following Pages:
- Life (biota)
- Cellular
- Bacteria (bacteria)
- Cyanobacteria (blue-green algae)
- Oscillatoriales
- Oscillatoriaceae
- Phormidium
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