Environmental Microbiology of Aquatic and Waste Systems

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132 6 Ecology of Microorganisms in Saline Waters (Seas and Oceans)


Fig. 6.6 Cyanobacteria found in a tropical marine environment. (a)
Calothrix species 1, (b) Calothrix species 1, (c) Blennothrix sp., (d)
Kyrtuthrix sp., (e) Enthophysalis species 1, (f) Calothrix species 2,
(g) Arthrospira sp., (h) Lyngbya species 2, (i) Lyngbya species 1, (j)


Lyngbya species, (k) Pseudanabaenaceae family (?), (l) Gloeocapsa
sp., (m) Chroococcidiopsis sp (?), (n) Chroococcus sp.
Scale bar = 20 μm. (j) Scale bar = 50 μm (From Díez et al. 2007.
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