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License | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ |
Title | portrait |
Rating | 4 |
Vetted | Trusted |
Description | Navicula (na-vick-you-la), small to medium pennate diatom, common in sediments. With browny coloured plastid located around the edges of the cell. Refractile globules are lipid inclusions. The cell is located within a shell (frustule) made of silica (glass) and the patterns of pores and strengthening elements is used to distinguish different taxa. Differential interference contrast. |
Original URL | http://pinkava.asu.edu/starcentral/msr/rawdata/viewable/navicula11_piw.jpg |
author | David Patterson |
provider | micro*scope |