Merismopedia (Cyanobacteria)

Franz Neidl · Post by **Franz Neidl** » Fri Sep 24, 2010 1:19 pm

I found Merismopedia (Cyanobacteria or Cyanophyceae) in the marine plankton. One single alga was about 10 µm long.
Merismopedia divide in only two directions, therefore it is creating a grid-like pattern.
first picture: Obj. 40x, DIC, stack with 5 pics
second picture: Obj. 20x, DIC, stack with 4 pics

Franz

Mitch640 · Post by **Mitch640** » Fri Sep 24, 2010 5:39 pm

This seems to be something very advanced. Was it free floating? Excellent find.

Pau · Post by **Pau** » Sat Sep 25, 2010 1:18 am

Excellent images and very interesting subjet.

Ernst Hippe · Post by **Ernst Hippe** » Sat Sep 25, 2010 1:33 am

Hallo Franz,
perfect shots as ever! It's remarkable that only a few cells are green, but the majority reddish - in contrast to the sweet water species being blue-green normally.

Charles Krebs · Post by **Charles Krebs** » Sat Sep 25, 2010 9:38 am

Franz,
As with Ernst, the red color is something I had not seen before. Such interesting geometry...

(looks sort of "digital"...made me think of an old computer punch card. Boy do I feel old now

)