Image of Closterium ehrenbergii

Description:

Sampling date 04/2021. Scale bars indicate 100 µm.

Four images.

First:Synoptic representation of the cell surface. The bars in the enlarged inset mark 10 µm. The striation has a density of 15 lines/10 µm.
The mucilage for locomotion can be seen at the right cell tip.Second:Optical cross-section through ribs of the stellate chloroplasts showing also some pyrenoids.Third:Optical cross-section showing the nucleus and further pyrenoids.Fourth:The focus of the optical cross-section is on the terminal vacuoles.

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Place name: Pond near Großostheim (Germany)
Latitude: 49.88482168     Longitude: 9.0998082

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

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