Gloeotrichia echinulata Under Epifluorescent Microscope
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Detailed Description
This organism forms a colony that is the size of a pin head and can be seen floating in the water. The filaments glow red from chlorophyll, the yellow-green mass in the center is the mucilage that binds the filaments into the colony and green spots are associated bacteria, illuminated with the DNA stain Sytox Green ®.
Sources/Usage
Public Domain.