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Aphanothece

Aphanothece

Small elongated cells, 3-8um long, embedded loosely in transparent structureless mucilage, mostly on wet rocks and in boggy pools. A similar genus but with round cells is Aphanocapsa. Synechococcus is another genus which has single cells like those of Aphanothece ( not in colonies ). Part of a colony of Aphanothece is shown.













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