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aggregate

Image of Synechococcaceae

Description:

Synechococcus (sin-eck-owe-cock-us), a rod or sausage shaped cyanobacterium (blue green alga) which comes from the upper layers of a microbial mat. This is an aggregate of cells. Phase contrast. Material provided by Mike Ferris from Mushroom Spring, a thermal site in Yellowstone National Park, photograph by Mike Ferris and David Patterson.

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David Patterson
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