Differential interference contrast light micrograph of a micrasterias sp. desmid. This is a freshwater unicellular green alga. It is characteristicall

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Differential interference contrast light micrograph of a micrasterias sp. desmid. This is 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. Magnification: x300 when printed 10 centimetres wide.

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Photo credit: © FRANK FOX/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
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