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Nitzschia

Nitzschia

Common,many species, 5 to more than 100um long. Best distinguished in live from Navicula and iits allies by the two chloroplasts at the ends of the cell, not the side.There is also a big sigmoid species, up to 600um long.but unlike Gyrosigma (80) it has parallel sides and blunt ends. 83a, cleaned frustule, 83b, living cell, borh of a small species.














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