Dormant golden-brown alga, SEM

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Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a dormant cyst of a golden-brown alga (class Chrysophyceae) from wet soil in the Northern Black Forest National Park, Germany. It is surrounded by bacteria. Chrysophyceae are micro-algae with flagella that are used for locomotion. In adverse conditions they form cysts contained in a siliceous membrane and become dormant. Magnification: x5000 when printed at 15cm wide.

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Keywords: -, alga, algae, biodiversity, biological, biology, black, chrysophyceae, colored, coloured, cyst, debris, dormant, electron, false-colored, false-coloured, forest, golden-brown, humus, micrograph, microscopy, scanning, sem, siliceous, soil, stage, woody