Polarised light micrograph of a Micrasterias sp. desmid, a freshwater unicellular green alga. It is characteristically symmetrical in structure. Each

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Polarised light micrograph of a Micrasterias sp. desmid, a freshwater unicellular green alga. It is characteristically symmetrical in structure. Each cell is composed of two mirror-image halves joined by a narrow isthmus. They grow in long, filamentous colonies. Magnification: x670 when printed 10 centimetres wide.

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Size: 3405px × 5140px
Photo credit: © MAREK MIS/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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