Unidentified Algae.

[GabrielDuong]

Good afternoon,


I'm Gabriel Duong. I've been followed you members in this forum for a year because I've been amazed by your wonderful works.

I start to love working with algae and also start looking at some algae under light microscope. Yesterday I found this biological structure in a well water and would love to know what it is.

I wonder if you can help me to identify it. My guess is maybe Synechococcus or Stichococcus.

Algae length is around 20 um. They can be 2 cells together or can be a filamentous of 4 cells or more. Cells elongated.

Pictures:









I would hope some experts in this forum would be willing to help me to broaden my knowledge more in this field.

Much appreciated.

Gabriel Duong

[carlos.uruguay]

Hi.
It is very little information.
Which is the real color? Green?
Maybe a bacterium
Regards

[GabrielDuong]

They're colorless.

Seems like Bacterium, however I still concern due to the fact that their size is somewhat big comparing to normal bacteria.

Sincerely,
Gabriel Duong

[carlos.uruguay]

Thank you for the details Gabriel.
Some bacteria can become very large
This web page is a guide to some filamentous bvacterias
http://www.asissludge.com/detchars.htm
Perhaps you find it useful
Regards

[GabrielDuong]

Thanks Carlos. :"). I'm taking a look at the website now.