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Asterionella sp.

asterionella sp.

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Field Notes

Habitat:

sample obtained from the water column one meter deep in the lagoon mendes concepcion chile.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (4)
DanielePralong
Thanks Hans! You're right it looks much more like Asterionella. Where was the sample taken from? You could add this information under Habitat.
HansBroidiguerMóucar
hi,the original photo taken with 40x magnification in light microscope, it is a colony of diatoms but not that kind I think is aterionella
DanielePralong
Hi HansBroidiguerMóucar! What's the magnification of this? Could it be a rosette of planctomyces?

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Microscopic Life
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PublishedJanuary 21, 2012

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