MICRO*SCOPE   Taxonomic classification according to arcella.nl (Siemensma, F. J., Microworld, world of amoeboid
  organisms. World-wide electronic publication, Kortenhoef, the Netherlands) for amoeboid organisms
  or Encyclopedia of Life for all others.
    Eucaryota : Archaeplastida : Chloroplastida : Streptophyta : Zygnemophyceae : Zygnemophycidae : Desmidiales : Desmidiaceae
 
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Micrasterias rotata

The picture shows the outline, the surface texture of the cell wall and some dictyosomes producing mucilage for motion (see also inserted image). This picture was built up using 40 high resolution DIC frames with manual stacking technique. The scale bar indicates 50 µm.
 
Sample from sphagnum pond situated in the northern alpine region of Austria near Salzburg. Images were taken using Zeiss Universal with Olympus C7070 CCD camera.

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Place name: Bogs near Salzburg (Austria)  
 
Latitude: 48.068516     Longitude: 12.954134
 




Das Bild zeigt den Umriss und die Musterung der Zellwand sowie einige Dictyosomen, welche den Schleim für Bewegung produzieren (siehe auch Ausschnittsvergrößerung). Tiefenschärfe durch Multiebenenabbildung aus 40 Bildebenen, manuell gestapelt. Der Messbalken markiert eine Länge von 100 µm.

Probe aus einem Moor in den nördlichen Kalkalpen von Österreich in der Nähe von Salzburg. Mikrotechnik: Zeiss Universal, Kamera: Olympus C7070.

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