Looking at Algae's under a microscope

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  1. cuttingras

    cuttingras Starving Artist :)

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    hey all...I purchased a "toy" 9.99, Vivitar microscope at CVS LOL (but hey it works!), the other day. I'm looking at some algae I scraped off one of my rocks. It looks like cyano. They are chains. Does anyone have pics of different algae's under a microscope that I could compare them to? I've searched and came up with very little. I'm also going to scrape off some coralline to look at...

    TIA!

    Linda
     
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  2. Camilsky

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    Hey! Check this one out! We useit for our students, when they are doing microbiology courses! Specify the latin name of the family your algae belongs to and search :D
    Enjoy :D
     
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    I don't know the latin names. I am looking for pics so I can identify them :) thanks for the link and I will search what I do know...
     
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  4. Camilsky

    Camilsky Montipora Capricornis

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    Hey! The way one normally works in the lab is to make a guess, translate common name into the latin equivalent and use this one to search for images. The trick is there are millions of images taken, however they are referenced using proper - latin names!
     
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  5. cuttingras

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    gotcha! Thanks Camilsky!:)
     
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