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Stereo‐scanning electron microscopy of desmids
Author(s) -
PickettHeaps Jeremy D.
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
journal of microscopy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.569
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1365-2818
pISSN - 0022-2720
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2818.1973.tb03859.x
Subject(s) - electron micrographs , biology , scanning electron microscope , botany , morphology (biology) , electron microscope , evolutionary biology , paleontology , optics , physics
SUMMARY Stereo‐pairs of scanning electron micrographs are presented of two species of Staurastrum , one species of Cosmarium and two species of Micrasterias , including the triradiate, diploid variant of M. thomasiana . Techniques for processing these cells are discussed and some typical morphological variations encountered in cultures are illustrated; the methods are reasonably quick and reliable and may prove useful in taxonomic studies of desmids.