Image of Micrasterias truncata var. quadrata C. O. Bulnhein 1859

Description:

Sampling date 06/2024. Scale bars indicate 50 µm.

Seven images. Optical journey into the interior of the cell.

First and second:Synoptic representation of the cell outline, the late chloroplasts and the cell wall covered with tubercles (tiny knobs).Third to sixth:Series of optical cross-sections through the cell showing chloroplast wings.Seventh:Deepest optical section plane with cell nucleus and pyrenoids. Note the representation of the mucilaginous sheeth around the cell.

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Place name: Wetland Lauchseemoor, Fieberbrunn (Tyrol, Austria)
Latitude: 47.46954439     Longitude: 12.53826499

Microscope Zeiss Universal, camera Olympus OM-D M5 MKII. DOF images.

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