Public Domain, U.S. Government Work 2011 Barry H. Rosen Courtesy of life.nbii.gov
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Category hierarchy: Microorganisms | AlgaeDescription: Microcystis wesenbergii epifluoresecent microscopy. SYTOX® green staining (no evidence of cell death as cells are not green) Epifluorescence using FITC Excitation/Emission cube. Sample was collected from Pinto Lake, California.Capture device: Olympus DP71Locality: Latitude: 2.859009900000000e+001; Longitude: -8.119031699999999e+001
Longitude (deg): -0.9. Latitude (deg): 51.3. Longitude (deg/min): 0° 60' W. Latitude (deg/min): 51° 20' N. Vice county name: North Hants. Vice county no.: 12. Country: England. Identified by: Malcolm Storey. Comment: "in Coelosphaerium algal bloom, washed up at margins of lake". Category: microscope photograph. Image scaling: magnified. Photographic equipment used: Canon EOS10D dSLR and Meiji microscope with x2.5 projection eye-piece. DPI defaulting to 72.
Longitude (deg): -0.9. Latitude (deg): 51.3. Longitude (deg/min): 0° 60' W. Latitude (deg/min): 51° 20' N. Vice county name: North Hants. Vice county no.: 12. Country: England. Identified by: Malcolm Storey. Comment: "in Coelosphaerium algal bloom, washed up at margins of lake". Category: microscope photograph. Image scaling: magnified. Photographic equipment used: Canon EOS10D dSLR and Meiji microscope with x2.5 projection eye-piece. DPI defaulting to 72.
Longitude (deg): -0.9. Latitude (deg): 51.3. Longitude (deg/min): 0° 60' W. Latitude (deg/min): 51° 20' N. Vice county name: North Hants. Vice county no.: 12. Country: England. Identified by: Malcolm Storey. Comment: "in Coelosphaerium algal bloom, washed up at margins of lake". Category: microscope photograph. Image scaling: magnified. Photographic equipment used: Canon EOS10D dSLR and Meiji microscope with x2.5 projection eye-piece. DPI defaulting to 72.
Of the genus Microcystis (Cyanobacteria, chroococales), M. wesenbergii is the easiest species to identify: the spherical cells are relatively large (5-8 µm) and are embedded in thick colorless homogeneous mucilage with clearly defined contours. It is generally less abundant in Lake Kinneret than M. aeruginosa and M. flos aquae.
