cianobatteri

antonella · Post by **antonella** » Tue Sep 06, 2011 6:07 am

ciao to all
I am an italian biologist. I perform the analysis of the phytoplankton of lakes; give me a help to recognize some colonies of cianobacteria?

i can not speak English . ciao ciao

arturoag75 · Post by **arturoag75** » Tue Sep 06, 2011 9:06 am

Ciao e benvenuta in questo forum!

per la classificazione aspetta il parere dei più esperti.
un saluto
Arturo

antonella · Post by **antonella** » Wed Sep 07, 2011 12:39 am

grazie Arturo per il benvenuto
Ho cercato di confrontare le mie foto con altre trovate su diversi siti. Quelle colonie sferiche sono molto simili a Microcistis flos aquae e anche ad Aphanocapsa. Sono confusa. ciao

René · Post by **René** » Wed Sep 07, 2011 4:32 am

Hi Antonella,

Your Cianobatteri (that sounds like Italian bread

mmhh...) are tricky to identify. Your first and last image might show Microcystis, but are largely gone off. The first image shows too obvious a slime mantle, and the colonies in the last image is too irregular shaped to be M. flos-aquae, but as already said, they are gone off too much to even say for defenite it is Microcystis.

The second image might be Aphanothece, with slight cilindrical cells, the third image probably is Aphanocapsa.

Good luck, René

antonella · Post by **antonella** » Wed Sep 07, 2011 5:38 am

MANY THANKS FOR YOUR ADVICE.