Phylum Cyanobacteria

 

Unicellular and colonial forms lacking specialized cells

 

 

Aphanocapsa .

 

 

 

 

 

 

1.Aphanocapsa

Microcystis_jason7_dbentra9_402.jpg (71840 bytes)

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Microcystis_jason7_dbentra9a_402.jpg (63376 bytes)

800x

Dollar Bay at boat launch

surface plankton tow

10/10/01

pH 7.12, 15.8 oC

 

  

2.Aphanocapsa

 

320x

640x

Rice Lake

surface plankton tow

9/27/05

20 oC

 

  

3.Aphanocapsa

 

800x

 

swampy area on Nara Trail

collected with plant material

9/15/05

14 oC

 

  

4.Aphanocapsa

 

Microcystis_jason6_dbboatlaunch5_40125.jpg (52558 bytes)

500x

Dollar Bay at boat launch

surface plankton tow

10/10/01

pH 7.12, 15.8 oC

 

  

5.Aphanocapsa

 

640x

 

Dollar Bay

surface plankton tow

10/23/05

8.5 oC

 

  

6.Aphanocapsa

 

Microcystis_jason5_db11_4016.jpg (58107 bytes)

640x

Dollar Bay

collected with aquatic plants

9/26/01

 

  

 

Aphanothece .          

 

1.Aphanothece

 

Aphanothece_BEAVER_POND14_402.jpg (46312 bytes)

800x

 

beaver pond near Isle Royale School

surface plankton tow

9/5/01

pH 6.54, 26.5 oC

 

 

2.Aphanothece

 

800x

800x

beaver pond near Isle Royale School

collected with plant material

9/26/05

15 oC

 

  

3.Aphanothece

 

800x

 

Sturgeon River Sloughs

collected with plant material

10/20/05

10.5 oC

 

  

4.Aphanothece

 

800x

 

Perrault Bog

collected with plant material

9/5/01

pH 3.81, 25.7 oC

 

  

 

Chroococcus .          

 

1. Chroococcus turgidus

 

Chroococcus_P_BOG_WATER19_4016.jpg (51497 bytes)

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Perrault Bog

collected with plant material

9/5/01

pH 3.81, 25.7 oC

 

  

2.Chroococcus turgidus

 

Chroococcus_jason_pbog17_4016.jpg (82088 bytes)

640x

 

same as above

 

  

3.Chroococcus

 

800x

 

Perrault Bog

collected as macroscopic algae

10/23/07

 

  

4.Chroococcus

 

800x

 

Perrault Bog

collected with plant material

10/23/07 (examined one day later)

 

  

5.Chroococcus

 

800x

 

same as above

 

  

6.Chroococcus limneticus

 

800x

 

Lake Superior, out of Keweenaw Bay

oblique plankton tow

9/18/05

19 oC

 

  

7.Chroococcus limneticus

 

800x

800x

same as above

 

  

 

Coelosphaerium          

 

1.Coelosphaerium

 

800x

800x

Sturgeon River Sloughs

collected with plant material

10/20/05

10.5 oC

 

  

2.Coelosphaerium

 

800x

 

Dollar Bay

collected with aquatic plants

9/26/01

 

  

 

Cyanothece

 

 

 

 

 
This genus includes species that were previously members of Synechococcus (ref. 2, p.79-80).

 

1.Cyanothece aeruginosa

 

Synechococcus_jason6_lakelinden11_402.jpg (30428 bytes)

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Torch Lake at Lake Linden boat launch

surface plankton tow

10/10/01

pH 7.7, 16.0 oC

 

  

2.Cyanothece aeruginosa

 

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800x

same as above

 

  

 

Eucapsis .          

 

1.Eucapsis

 

Eucapsis_jason6_bucket15_402.jpg (40805 bytes)

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Perrault Bog

collected with plant material

9/10/01

 

  

2.Eucapsis

 

Eucapsis_jason4_pbbucket2_402.jpg (36327 bytes)

800x

  

same as above

 

  

3.Eucapsis

 

800x

800x

pond by old Laurium dump

collected with plant material

10/25/07

7.5 oC

 

  

4.Eucapsis

 

800x

  

Perrault Bog

collected with algal mat

9/13/05

pH 5.13, 22.2 oC

 

  

 

Gloeocapsa .          

 

1.Gloeocapsa

 

250x

 

Perrault Bog

collected with plant material

9/10/01

 

  

2.Gloeocapsa

 

Gloeocapsa_jason6_bucket2_402.jpg (33279 bytes)

800x

 

same as above

 

  

3.Gloeocapsa

 

Gloeocapsa_jason6_bucket6_2016.jpg (54710 bytes)

320x

Gloeocapsa_jason6_bucket6a_402.jpg (53891 bytes)

800x

same as above

 

  

4.Gloeocapsa

 

Gloeocapsa_J_P_BOG15_40125.jpg (52025 bytes)

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Perrault Bog

collected with plant material

9/5/01

pH 3.81, 25.7 oC

 

  

 

Gomphosphaeria .          

 

1.Gomphosphaeria  aponina

 

800x

 

Portage Lake

oblique plankton tow

9/18/05

20 oC

 

  

2. Gomphosphaeria lacustris

 

800x

800x

Dollar Bay

surface plankton tow

9/18/05

21 oC

 

  

3. Gomphosphaeria lacustris

 

800x

800x

same as above

 

  

4. Gomphosphaeria lacustris

 

800x

800x

same as above

 

  

 

Merismopedia .          

 

1.Merismopedia  glauca

 

Merismopedia_J_P_BOG1_402.jpg (37430 bytes)

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Perrault Bog

collected with plant material

9/5/01

pH 3.81, 25.7 oC

 

  

2.Merismopedia glauca

 

Merismopedia_J_P_BOG9_402.jpg (70488 bytes)

800x

same as above

 

  

3.Merismopedia

 

800x

Perrault Bog

collected as macroscopic algae

10/23/07

 

  

4.Merismopedia

 

800x

Perrault Bog

collected with plant material

10/23/07 (examined one day later)

 

  

5.Merismopedia

 

800x

Perrault Bog

collected with algal mat

9/13/05

pH 5.13, 22.2 oC

 

  

 

Microcystis          

 

1.Microcystis

 

250x

800x

Dollar Bay at boat launch

surface plankton tow

9/21/05

20.5 oC

 

  

2.Microcystis

 

500x

Arnheim Sloughs

surface plankton tow

10/20/05

14 oC

 

3.Microcystis?

 

800x

Dollar Bay

surface plankton tow

9/18/05

21 oC

 

 

Synechococcus .          

 

1.Synechococcus

 

800x

Perrault Bog

collected with plant material

9/10/01

 

  

2.Synechococcus

 

800x

Perrault Bog

collected with plant material

9/5/01

pH 3.81, 25.7 oC

 

  

3.Synechococcus

 

800x

same as above

 

  

 

Woronichinia .          

 

1. Woronichinia  naegeliana

 

Uroglenopsis americana_BEAVER_POND17_402.jpg (71292 bytes)

800x

 

beaver pond near Isle Royale School

surface plankton tow

9/5/01

pH 6.54, 26.5 oC

 

  

2.Woronichinia naegeliana 

 

800x

800x

Dollar Bay

surface plankton tow

9/18/05

21 oC

 

  

3.Woronichinia naegeliana 

 

800x

800x

 same as above

 

  

4.Woronichinia naegeliana 

 

500x

500x

Dollar Bay from shore

surface plankton tow

6/19/07

19 oC

 

  

5.Woronichinia?

 

800x

800x

Dollar Bay at boat launch

surface plankton tow

9/19/03

pH 7.7, 17.5 oC

 

  

 

 

 

Exospore-producing forms

 

 

Chamaesiphon          

 

1. Chamaesiphon (subg. Godlewskia)

 

250x

800x

Sturgeon River Sloughs

collected with plant material

10/20/05

10.5 oC

 

  

2.Chamaesiphon (subg. Godlewskia)

 

640x

640x

same as above

 

  

3.Chamaesiphon (subg. Godlewskia)

 

800x

800x

 same as above

 

  

 

 

 

Filamentous forms lacking specialized cells

 

 

Lyngbya

 

 

 

 

 

 

1.Lyngbya

 

Lyngbya_jason5_chassel3_20125.jpg (45360 bytes)

250x

Lyngbya_jason5_chassel4_402.jpg (34078 bytes)

800x

  

Chassell Bay

collected with aquatic plants

9/30/01

 

  

2.Lyngbya

 

Lyngbya_jason5_LAtow22_402.jpg (44590 bytes)

800x

 

pond off Lake Annie Road

surface plankton tow

10/3/01

 

  

3.Lyngbya

 

Lyngbya_jason6_LApondplants19_402.jpg (73996 bytes)

800x

Lyngbya_jason6_LApondplants18_402.jpg (58974 bytes)

800x

sliding in sheath

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pond off Lake Annie Road

collected with plant material

10/3/01

 

  

 

Oscillatoria .          

 

1.Oscillatoria   princeps

 

1x

250x

250x

  

beaver pond near Isle Royale School

collected with floating algal mat

9/26/05

15 oC

 

  

2.Oscillatoria  princeps

 

Oscillatoria_jason3_hcfd1_20125.jpg (93107 bytes)

250x

Oscillatoria_jason3_hcfd2_2016.jpg (88041 bytes)

320x

Oscillatoria_jason3_hcfd3_4025.jpg (73992 bytes)

1000x

rotating1

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rotating2

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Huron Creek behind Walmart

floating algal tuff

9/20/01

 

  

3.Oscillatoria 

 

Oscillatoria_jason3_grf2_20125.jpg (135740 bytes)

250x

Oscillatoria_jason3_grf1_402.jpg (49098 bytes)

800x

  

Gratiot River

collected off rocks in falls

9/23/01

 

  

4.Oscillatoria

 

400x

800x

gliding

0.97 MB (DivX)

  

Gratiot River

visible algae attached to rocks in riffle

8/8/03

 

  

5.Oscillatoria

 

Oscillatoria_BEAVER_POND16_402.jpg (39746 bytes)

800x

 

  

beaver pond near Isle Royale School

surface plankton tow

9/5/01

pH 6.54, 26.5 oC

 

  

6.Oscillatoria

 

Oscillatoria_jason_dbtow28_402.jpg (42688 bytes)

800x

 

   

Dollar Bay

surface plankton tow

9/26/01

 

  

7.Oscillatoria

 

800x

 

    

pond on Peepsock Trail

surface plankton tow

5/27/03

20 oC

 

  

8.Oscillatoria

 

Oscillatoria_jason4_mtuportage1_402.jpg (32567 bytes)

800x

 

  

Keweenaw Waterway at MTU

collected off rocks

9/12/01

 

  

 

Spirulina .          

 

1.Spirulina

 

320x

800x

rotating

640 KB (DivX)

beaver pond on Hungarian Creek at US41

surface plankton tow

10/11/05

11 oC

 

  

2.Spirulina

 

800x

rotating

947 KB (DivX)

  

Sturgeon River Sloughs

collected with plant material

10/20/05

10.5 oC

 

  

3.Spirulina

 

800x

  

 

beaver pond on Hungarian Creek at US41

surface plankton tow

10/11/05

11 oC

 

  

 

 

 

Heterocyst and akinete-producing forms

 

 

Anabaena .

          

 

1.Anabaena

 

Anabaena_jason_dbtow17_2016.jpg (56116 bytes)

320x

 

 

Dollar Bay

surface plankton tow

8/29/01

pH 7.65, 26 oC, secchi depth 1.6m

 

  

2.Anabaena

 

320x

 

 

Keweenaw Waterway at MTU

oblique plankton tow

10/16/05

13.5 oC

 

  

3.Anabaena

 

500x

 

 

same as above

 

  

4.Anabaena planctonica?

 

500x

 

 

Chassell Bay

surface plankton tow

10/20/05

11.5 oC

 

  

5.Anabaena spiroides

 

320x

 

 

Dollar Bay

surface plankton tow

9/18/05

21 oC

 

  

6.Anabaena spiroides

 

800x

 

 

same as above

 

  

7.Anabaena flos-aquae

 

230x

500x

 

Keweenaw Waterway at MTU

surface plankton tow

7/3/03

19.5 oC

 

  

8.Anabaena flos-aquae

 

400x

 

same as above

 

  

9.Anabaena

 

Anabaena_jason_dbtow8_40125.jpg (54337 bytes)

500x

 

 

Dollar Bay

surface plankton tow

8/29/01

pH 7.65, 26 oC, secchi depth 1.6m

 

  

10.Anabaena

 

Anabaena_jason_dbplants26_4016.jpg (63969 bytes)

640x

 

 

Dollar Bay

collected with aquatic plants

8/29/01

pH 7.65, 26 oC, secchi depth 1.6m

 

  

11.Anabaena

 

400x

 

 

beaver pond on Hungarian Creek at US41

surface plankton tow

10/11/05

11 oC

 

  

12.Anabaena oscillarioides

 

250x

640x

640x

Sturgeon River Sloughs

collected with plant material

10/20/05

10.5 oC

 

  

13.Anabaena oscillarioides

 

500x

 

 

same as above

 

  

14.Anabaena

 

Anabaena_jason4_prss3_4016.jpg (33881 bytes)

640x

 

 

Peepsock discharge stream

collected with plant material

9/29/03

 

  

 

Aphanizomenon .          

 

1.Aphanizomenon

 

250x

  

Keweenaw Waterway at MTU

oblique plankton tow

10/16/05

13.5 oC

 

  

2.Aphanizomenon

 

250x

  

same as above

 

  

3.Aphanizomenon

 

500x

gliding

1.98 MB (DivX)

same as above

 

  

4.Aphanizomenon

 

500x

  

same as above

 

  

 

Calothrix .          

 

1.Calothrix

 

Calothrix_jason5_calumetpondplants8_20125.jpg (94437 bytes)

250x

Calothrix_jason5_calumetpondplants3_2016.jpg (73676 bytes)

320x

Calothrix_jason5_calumetpondplants5_202.jpg (87254 bytes)

400x

pond adjacent to Osceola Rd

among Chaetophora colony

10/3/01

pH 3.12, 13.8 oC

 

  

2.Calothrix

 

Calothrix_jason6_birdbath1_20125.jpg (83927 bytes)

250x

Calothrix_jason7_bbath4_202.jpg (124658 bytes)

400x

Calothrix_jason7_bbath2_202.jpg (90202 bytes)

400x

birdbath in Lake Linden

10/10/01

 

  

3.Calothrix

 

400x

500x

800x

Calumet Lake

on Rhizoclonium

10/11/05

12.5 oC

 

  

 

Cylindrospermum          

 

1.Cylindrospermum

 

800x

beaver pond near Isle Royale School

collected with plant material

9/5/01

pH 6.54, 26.5 oC

 

  

2.Cylindrospermum

 

800x

same as above

 

  

 

Gloeotrichia .          

 

1. Gloeotrichia  (colonies)

 

cyanobacteria_chassel1_0.5x.jpg (55639 bytes)

0.5x

    

 

Chassell Bay

colonies on leaf

9/30/01

 

  

2.Gloeotrichia

(from colonies above)

 

chassel2_3.15x.jpg (48313 bytes)

3.15x

Gloeotrichia_jason6_chassel3_20125.jpg (62919 bytes)

250x

Gloeotrichia_jason6_chassel5_20125.jpg (69814 bytes)

250x

Gloeotrichia_jason6_chassel4_20125.jpg (80575 bytes)

250x

same as above

 

  

3.Gloeotrichia

(from colonies above)

 

chassel4_3.15x.jpg (50551 bytes)

3.15x

Gloeotrichia_jason6_chassel6_20125.jpg (134868 bytes)

250x

Gloeotrichia_jason6_chassel7_20125.jpg (152978 bytes)

250x

Gloeotrichia_jason6_chassel8_20125.jpg (136568 bytes)

250x

same as above

 

  

4.Gloeotrichia

 

Gloeothrichia_jason5_chassel1_20125.jpg (115890 bytes)

250x

Gloeothrichia_jason5_chassel6_40125.jpg (78445 bytes)

500x

Gloeothrichia_jason5_chassel6a_40125.jpg (80741 bytes)

500x

 

same as above

 

  

5.Gloeotrichia

 

Gloeotrichia_jason4_chassel23_20125.jpg (68925 bytes)

250x

Gloeotrichia_jason4_chassel21_20125.jpg (58920 bytes)

250x

Gloeotrichia_jason4_chassel22_20125.jpg (67515 bytes)

250x

Gloeotrichia_jason4_chassel20_20125.jpg (58280 bytes)

250x

same as above

 

  

6.Gloeotrichia

 

Gloeothrichia_jason5_db5_20125.jpg (62044 bytes)

250x

Gloeothrichia_jason5_db4_20125.jpg (67610 bytes)

250x

Gloeothrichia_jason5_db1_2016.jpg (48510 bytes)

320x

Gloeothrichia_jason5_db6_2016.jpg (52097 bytes)

320x

Dollar Bay

collected off aquatic plant

8/29/01

pH 7.65, 26 oC, secchi depth 2.6 m

 

  

7.Gloeotrichia

 

Gloeotrichia_JASON2_DBPLANTS35_2016.jpg (101279 bytes)

320x

 

Dollar Bay

collected with aquatic plants

9/26/01

 

  

8.Gloeotrichia

 

Gloeotrichia_JASON2_DBPLANTS4_20125.jpg (149116 bytes)

250x

 

same as above

 

  

9.Gloeotrichia

 

Gloeotrichia_JASON2_DBPLANTS8_2016.jpg (117856 bytes)

320x

 

same as above

 

  

 

Nostoc .          

 

1.Nostoc

 

800x

      

swampy area off Osceola Rd

collected with aquatic plants

10/11/05

10 oC

 

  

2.Nostoc

 

800x

      

swampy area on Nara Trail

collected with plant material

9/15/05

14 oC

 

  

3.Nostoc

 

1x

1x

 

 

Hancock residence

isolated from flooded potting soil

10/16/07 (examined two days later)

 

  

4.Nostoc (same colony as above)

 

250x

800x

800x

800x

same as above

 

  

5.Nostoc (akinetes)

 

500x

800x

800x

 

Swedetown Pond

collected with aquatic plants

10/2/07

 

  

 

 

 

False-branched forms

 

 

Scytonema

          

 

1.Scytonema

 

Scytonema_jason5_LAtow14_4016.jpg (40564 bytes)

640x

Scytonema_jason5_LAtow14a_4016.jpg (42402 bytes)

640x

pond off Lake Annie Road

surface plankton tow

10/3/01

 

  

 

Tolypothrix .          

 

1.Tolypothrix

 

500x

 

 

 

Rice Lake

collected with aquatic plants

9/27/05

20 oC

 

  

2.Tolypothrix

 

400x

 

 

  

Dollar Bay

collected with aquatic plants

10/15/05

11 oC

 

  

3.Tolypothrix

 

Tolypothrix_jason6_LApondplants25_20125.jpg (83059 bytes)

250x

Tolypothrix_jason6_LApondplants21_4016.jpg (58703 bytes)

640x

Tolypothrix_jason6_LApondplants22_4016.jpg (55211 bytes)

640x

Tolypothrix_jason6_LApondplants23_4016.jpg (55137 bytes)

640x

pond off Lake Annie Road

collected with plant material

10/3/01

 

  

4.Tolypothrix

 

320x

320x

320x

 

pond adjacent to Osceola Rd

collected as visible floated algae

9/3/03

20.5 oC

 

  

 

 

 

True-branched forms

 

 

Hapalosiphon .

          

 

1.Hapalosiphon

 

800x

 

 

 

Twelve Mile Lake

collected with aquatic plants

10/23/07 (examined one day later)

 

  

2.Hapalosiphon

 

Hapalosiphon_jason4_pbscum11_2016.jpg (75807 bytes)

320x

Hapalosiphon_jason4_pbscum12_2016.jpg (83277 bytes)

320x

Hapalosiphon_jason4_pbscum12a4016.jpg (49174 bytes)

640x

Hapalosiphon_jason4_pbscum13_40125.jpg (54763 bytes)

500x

Perrault Bog

collected with plant material

9/5/01

pH 3.81, 25.7 oC

 

  

3.Hapalosiphon

 

Hapalosiphon_jason6_bucket13_4016.jpg (81413 bytes)

640x

Hapalosiphon_jason6_bucket13a_4016.jpg (68797 bytes)

640x

Hapalosiphon_jason6_bucket13b_4016.jpg (78481 bytes)

640x

Hapalosiphon_jason6_bucket13c_4016.jpg (85188 bytes)

640x

Perrault Bog

collected with plant material

9/10/01

 

  

4.Hapalosiphon

 

800x

800x

 

 

Perrault Bog

collected as macroscopic algae

10/23/07

 

  

5.Hapalosiphon

 

500x

 

 

 

Arnheim sloughs

collected with plant material

5/27/03

24 oC

 

  

 

Stigonema .          

 

1. Stigonema  turfaceum

 

250x

250x

 

Rice Lake

collected with aquatic plants

9/27/05

20 oC

 

  

2.Stigonema turfaceum

 

250x

250x

250x

same as above

 

  

3.Stigonema turfaceum

 

250x

250x

 

same as above

 

  

4.Stigonema mamillosum

 

250x

500x

500x

swampy area on Nara Trail

collected with plant material

9/15/05

14 oC

 

  

5.Stigonema mamillosum

 

500x

 

 

same as above

 

  

6.Stigonema mamillosum

 

500x

 

 

same as above

 

  

7.Stigonema mamillosum

 

500x

 

 

same as above