Microscopy and Imaging
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DIC
© Paula Lehner
Differential Interference Contrast
The cover image, as well as the image on the right show the phototrophic dinophyte Jadwigia aff. applanata, a motile freshwater algae found in Berlin. The image on the right shows an isolated nucleus with its individual, condensed chromosomes stained with astra blue.
SEM
© Paula Lehner
Scanning Electro Microscopy with variable pressure facility and
digital image processing, type LEO 438 VP (some examplary SEM images) (TO BE INCLUDED)
The image shows a thecate cell of the phototrophic dinophyte Chimonodinium, a unicellular alga found in freshwater habitats. This motile microalga, here seen in apical view, has a circular apical pore complex, and individual thecal plates can be identified.
Free-Angle Observation System microscope (Keyence)
Showing here the antesepalous stamens of Arthrostemma ciliatum
© Suvrat Kotagal