Oscillatoria animalis cyanobacteria, phase contrast (PC) micrograph. The genus name for this cyanobacterium comes from the movement it makes as it ori

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Oscillatoria animalis cyanobacteria, phase contrast (PC) micrograph. The genus name for this cyanobacterium comes from the movement it makes as it orientates itself to the brightest light source available, from which it gains energy by photosynthesis. Each filament or trichome is 5 microns in diameter.

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Photo credit: © SINCLAIR STAMMERS/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
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Keywords: alga, algae, animalis, biological, biology, blue-green, contrast, cyanobacteria, cyanobacterium, filament, filamentous, filaments, flora, light, lm, microbiological, microbiology, micrograph, microscope, nature, oscillatoria, pc, phase, photosynthesis, photosynthetic, prokaryote, trichome, trichomes