Summary[edit] Description: English: Example of the bacteria Gloeocapsa magma growing on asphalt shingles. When the sunlight tries to kill the organism, it encapsulates itself with a hard black shell, resulting in these black streaks. The organism is slowly eating away at the shingle granules. Date:. Source: Own work. Author: Mcbooz. Camera location 39° 01′ 30″ N, 76° 35′ 27″ W: View all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap - Google Earth: 39.025000; -76.590833. gloeocapsa magma, dirty roof, black streaks on roof, roof cleaning, pressure washing, maryland Licensing[edit] : This file is licensed under the Creative CommonsAttribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.:. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0 CC BY-SA 3.0 Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 truetrue.
Gloeocapsa magma (Bréb.) Ktz. - Cells (6 to 12 µ diameter) whose agglomeration constitutes the thallus (color the cells blue-green; the area immediately surrounding them carmine; the rest pink or reddish fawn) (after Cook). - Very common on the wet rocks of all Europe.
Pentecost, Allan [Photographer], Pentecost, Allan [Artist] (2016) Diagnostic Drawing: Cyanobacteria associated with tufa [image] Freshwater Biological Association [publisher]. Scale bar has been moved to the extract.
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Summary[edit] Description: English: Diagnostic Drawing: Cyanobacteria associated with tufa: Gloeocapsa. Date: 13 October 2008, 16:21:59. Source: (edited extract) File:Cyanobacteriaassociatedwithtufa014.jpghttp://www.environmentdata.org/archive/fbaia:2013 at http://www.environmentdata.org/ Agricultural & Environmental Data Archive (AEDA). Author: Pentecost, Allan [Photographer], Pentecost, Allan [Artist] (2016) Diagnostic Drawing: Cyanobacteria associated with tufa [image] Freshwater Biological Association [publisher]. Scale bar has been moved to the extract. Other versions: .
Longitude (deg): -2.8. Latitude (deg): 52.7. Longitude (deg/min): 2ð 50' W. Latitude (deg/min): 52ð 40' N. Vice county name: Shrops. Vice county no.: 40. Country: England. Identified by: Malcolm Storey. Comment: in artificial pond at Field Centre. Category: microscope photograph. Image scaling: highly magnified. Where photo was taken: Microscope preparation. Photographic equipment used: Canon EOS1000D dSLR and Meiji microscope with x2.5 projection eye-piece. .