sheath

Description:
Lyngbya (ling-bee-a ) a filamentous blue-green alga (cyanobacterium), fairly substantial. This image shows the mucus sheath which encloses each filament. Differential interference contrast.
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- Life (biota)
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- Bacteria (bacteria)
- Cyanobacteria (blue-green algae)
- Oscillatoriales
- Oscillatoriaceae
- Lyngbya
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