Phycobiliphyta (IMAGE)

Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research

Phycobiliphyta

Caption

The picture shows a phycobiliphyta cell in fluorescence microscope. The cell nucleus is colored in blue, the cytoplasma in green. The red fluorescence comes from a plastide with phycobiliproteins, pigments that usually occur in red algae, cyanobacteria and cryptophyceae. The cell measures 2x5 µm (1µm = 1/1000 millimeter).

Credit

Fabrice Not/Station Biologique de Roscoff

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