Green algae, light micrograph

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Differential interference contrast light micrograph of two genus of green algae. Pandorina sp. (right) and Eudorina sp. (left). They are microscopic green algae living in colonies and swim/rotate using flagella. The red dots are eye spots to allow them to swim towards the light. The colony is surrounded by a translucent mucilage. Magnification: x600 when printed at 10 centimetres wide at its longest edge.

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Photo credit: © HAKAN KVARNSTROM / SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
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Keywords: -, alga, algae, biology, botany, cells, chlamydomonas, colony, contrast, dic, differential, eudorina, eye-spot, flagella, flora, green, interference, light, microbe, microbiology, micrograph, nature, pandorina, plant