Zygnema sp.

A freshwater algae at Kowen, ACT

Zygnema sp. at Kowen, ACT - 26 Sep 2016
Zygnema sp. at Kowen, ACT - 26 Sep 2016
Zygnema sp. at Kowen, ACT - 26 Sep 2016
Zygnema sp. at Kowen, ACT - 26 Sep 2016
Zygnema sp. at Kowen, ACT - 26 Sep 2016
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Identification history

Zygnema sp. 25 Oct 2016 MichaelMulvaney
Zygnema sp. 1 Oct 2016 KenT

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Growing in a farm/fire-fighting dam with likely to be near permanent water. First three sets of microscope images taken with 10x, 20x & 40x objectives, width of filaments 36 µm. Final set of microscope images show a protozoan epiphyte (possibly a choanoflagellate with a body length of 10 µm) and a dead algal cell that has been parasitized by what appear to be several chytrid fungi (colourless cells up to 15 µm diameter attached to outside of algal cell)

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