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الوصف:

Synechococcus (sin-eck-owe-cock-us), a rod or sausage shaped cyanobacterium (blue green alga) which comes from the upper layers of a microbial mat. This detailed cell shows the presence of deposits at the ends of the cells, as well as small aggregates within the cell. Material from Nymph Creek, a thermal site in Yellowstone National Park, photograph by Kathy Sheehan and David Patterson.