Green alga, light micrograph

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Differential interference contrast (DIC) light micrograph of a green alga desmid of the species Euastrum verrucosum. Desmids are a common group of freshwater single-celled algae that have intricate cell walls with curved cell lobes. Magnification: x425 when printed at 10 centimetres wide at its longest edge.

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Photo credit: © HAKAN KVARNSTROM / SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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Keywords: -, alga, algae, aquatic, biology, botany, cell-wall, cells, chlorophyll, chloroplasts, contrast, desmid, dic, differential, euastrum, flora, fresh-water, interference, light, micro-organism, microbe, microbiology, micrograph, nature, plankton, plant, single-celled, unicellular, verrucosum