Zygotes of the desmid algae Spirogyra

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Bernd
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Zygotes of the desmid algae Spirogyra

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Vegetative cells (A) and zygotes (B) of a desmid algae of the genus Spirogyra found in a water sample which stood on the bench of my kitchen window for 7 weeks after being taken from a puddle.

(B): Cells from a single filament have undergone lateral as well as scalariform conjugation. Lateral conjugation occurs when adjacent cells of the same filament fuse. The content of the cell to the lower right migrated through the conjugation tube (arrow) into the upper left cell to form the zygote. Scalariform or ladder-like conjugation occurs when cells of different filaments fuse. For this type of conjugation the content of the upper cell migrated through the conjugation tube (asterisk) into the lower cell to form the zygote.

All photographs were taken with a Canon Powershot G5 camera through a Plan-Neofluar 40x/0,75 objective attached to a Zeiss Axioskop, using brightfield illumination. Width of the filaments is about 25 µm.


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Post by Ken Ramos »

I had a Canon G5 at one time and my results were not near this good as I can remember. Nice shots. :D

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Post by beetleman »

You did a great job of explaining what is going on Bernd. The pictures and text are very interesting.
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Post by Walter Piorkowski »

Bernd, very nice images and helpfull commentary. It adds to my learning experience.

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