-
The protective gelatinous layer around the cell is visible. Scale bar indicates 50 µm.Sample from the pond Hegne Moor situated in the vicinity of Lake Constance. The image was built up using several photomicrographic frames with manual stacking technique. Images were taken using Zeiss Universal with Olympus C7070 CCD camera.Image under Creative Commons License V 3.0 (CC BY-NC-SA).
-
Zoom-in. You can see the two stellate chloroplasts and amidst, the nucleus with its central nucleolus. Scale bar indicates 25 µm.Sample from the pond Hegne Moor situated in the vicinity of Lake Constance. The image was built up using several photomicrographic frames with manual stacking technique. Images were taken using Zeiss Universal with Olympus C7070 CCD camera.Image under Creative Commons License V 3.0 (CC BY-NC-SA).
-
Zygnema, filamentous green algae with star shaped chloroplasts. Enclosed in cellulosic cell wall. Each plastid contains a pyrenoid. Nucleus lies between plastids. Differential interference contrast.