colony on leaf
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Chroococcus (crow-owe-cock-us) tentative identification. Coccoid blue green algal cells. Found as one of several cyanobacterial epibionts on the leaves of the moss Hygrohypnum, a site which seems to be a focus for nitrogen fixation. Differential interference contrast.
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