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Title: Electron Microscope Image: Micrasterias hardyi
Description: Depiction: A single celled micro alga, Desmid.
Size of Recorded Feature: Cell size up to 350 micrometres. The gap between the mico-spines is approximately 4 micrometres.
General Habitat: Freshwater bogs and acidic pools.
Trophic Status: Autotrophe.
Context: Image shows typical form.
Preparation: The cell was dried by controlled dehydration and sputter coated with gold for scanning electron microscopy.
Source of subject matter: Cultured material.
Microscopist: Ken Clarke
Curator: Freshwater Biological Association
Publisher: Freshwater Biological Association
Capture Date: 2016-03-24
Reference: A guide to the interpretation of the electron micrographs contained within the "Ken Clarke Collection"
Date created (original item): 1989-10-30
Subject Keywords: Ultrastructure; Electron micrographs
Taxonomic Depictions: Micrasterias hardyi
Rights Statement
This item is published under the licence: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported
If you wish to make use of the item commercially email: dis@fba.org.uk
Citation of this item should be as follows:
Clarke, Ken [Microscopist] (2016) Electron Microscope Image: Micrasterias hardyi [image] Freshwater Biological Association [publisher] Permalink: http://www.environmentdata.org/archive/fbaia:1729
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