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Synechococcus (sin-eck-owe-cock-us), a rod or sausage shaped cyanobacterium (blue green alga) which dominates in the upper two green layers of this microbial mat which was provided by Mike Ferris from Mushroom Spring, a thermal site in Yellowstone National Park, photograph provided by Mike Ferris and David Ward.
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Synechococcus (sinm-eck-owe-cock-us), this pair of matched micrographs shows bacteria, mostly Synechococcus and Chloroflexus) from a mat sample. The phase contrast shot to the left shows the bacteria, the image to the right shows autofluorescence. Only the sausage-shaped Synechococcus exhibits autofluorescence. Phase contrast and fluorescence. Material provided by Mike Ferris from Mushroom Spring, a thermal site in Yellowstone National Park, photograph by Mike Ferris and David Patterson.
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Synechococcus (sin-eck-owe-cock-us), a rod or sausage shaped cyanobacterium (blue green alga) which comes from the upper layers of a microbial mat. The cells have terminal inclusions. Other bacteria are present in the same sample. Phase contrast. Material provided by Mike Ferris from Mushroom Spring, a thermal site in Yellowstone National Park, photograph by Mike Ferris and David Patterson.
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Synechococcus (sin-eck-owe-cock-us), a rod or sausage shaped cyanobacterium (blue green alga) which comes from the upper layers of a microbial mat. This is an aggregate of cells. Phase contrast. Material provided by Mike Ferris from Mushroom Spring, a thermal site in Yellowstone National Park, photograph by Mike Ferris and David Patterson.
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Synechococcus (sin-eck-owe-cock-us), a rod or sausage shaped cyanobacterium (blue green alga) which comes from the upper layers of a microbial mat. This detailed cell shows the presence of deposits at the ends of the cells, as well as small aggregates within the cell. Material from Nymph Creek, a thermal site in Yellowstone National Park, photograph by Kathy Sheehan and David Patterson.
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Synechococcus (sin-eck-o-cock-us) is a blue-green alga (cyanobacterium) that may have either a blue green or (as here) a red colour. Cluster of globular cells. Differential interference microscopy.
data on this strain.
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Synechococcus (sin-eck-o-cock-us) is a blue-green alga (cyanobacterium) that may have either a blue green or (as here) a red colour. Cluster of globular cells. Differential interference microscopy.
data on this strain.
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An individual Synechococcus cell.
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These cells have been squashed slightly. They were found in water that was in placed coloured red because of the large numbers of red bacteria. This species is quite large. Differential interefernce contrast optics.