Light micrograph of filaments of Spyrogyra, a green alga which forms slimy threads called \water- silk\" or \"mermaid's tresses\" in stagnant or slow

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Light micrograph of filaments of Spyrogyra, a green alga which forms slimy threads called \water- silk\" or \"mermaid's tresses\" in stagnant or slow moving water. The filament is made up of elongated cells which secrete a mucilaginous substance which binds adjacent filaments. Each cell contains one or more chloroplasts, arranged in spiral bands. The chloroplasts contain green chlorophyll pigments & are sites of photosynthesis within each cell. Bright field illumination. Magnification x400 at 35mm size."

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Photo credit: © POWER AND SYRED/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
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Keywords: alga, algae, algal, botany, chloroplast, form, green, light, micrograph, nature, plant, sp., spiral, spirogyra