Spirogyra (Whole Mount)
Spirogyra
A whole mount preparation of Spirogyra (Spirogyra W.M.) stained with Fast Green, showing long, unbranched filamentous green algae. Microscopic examination of individual cylindrical cells reveals the distinctive helical or spiral ribbon-like chloroplasts embedded within the cytoplasm, lined with small pyrenoid bodies involved in starch synthesis. This slide serves as a classic model for demonstrating charophyte algal morphology, photosynthetic organelle arrangement, and vegetative structure.
- Category
- Botany & Plants
- Magnification
- 20x
- Stain
- Fast Green
- Tags
- Spirogyra whole mount, Spirogyra W.M., Spirogyra, green algae, filamentous algae, charophyte, chloroplast, spiral chloroplast, pyrenoid, botany, algology, phycology, plant histology
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