Chroococcales
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The Chroococcales are an order of cyanobacteria in some classifications which includes the harmful algal bloom Microcystis aeruginosa. Molecular data indicate that Chroococcales may be polyphyletic, m
Microcystis aeruginosa
Photosynthetic picoplankton
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Photosynthetic picoplankton or picophytoplankton is the fraction of the photosynthetic phytoplankton of cell sizes between 0.2 and 2 μm. It is especially important in the central oligotrophic regions
Chroococcales
…ex Lewin 1977) Florenzano et al. 1986, by virtue of being published in Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. with a description. They are an important component of photosynthetic picoplankton. These oligotrophic organisms are abundant in nutrient poor tropical waters and use a unique photosynthetic pigment, divinyl-chlorophyll, to absorb…
Picoplankton observed by epifluorescence
Analysis of picoplankton by flow cytometry
Vertical distribution of picoplankton in the Pacific Ocean
Diatoms through the microscope