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Microorganisms are incredibly diverse. A small sample of water from a local pond can contain dozens of species - some related to plants, some related to fungi, and some belonging to completely different, ancient lineages of eukaryotes. Algae are a subset of this diversity: they are organisms that contain a photosynthetic organelle (plastid). Here are a few examples of the charismatic algae found in the vicinity of the University of Connecticut
 
Microorganisms are incredibly diverse. A small sample of water from a local pond can contain dozens of species - some related to plants, some related to fungi, and some belonging to completely different, ancient lineages of eukaryotes. Algae are a subset of this diversity: they are organisms that contain a photosynthetic organelle (plastid). Here are a few examples of the charismatic algae found in the vicinity of the University of Connecticut
 
*Dinobryon is a colonial flagellated alga from the class Chrysophyceae, a member of the [http://tolweb.org/Stramenopiles/2380 Stramenopiles].  
 
*Dinobryon is a colonial flagellated alga from the class Chrysophyceae, a member of the [http://tolweb.org/Stramenopiles/2380 Stramenopiles].  
[[Image:Dinobryon.jpg|thumb|left|''Dinobryon sertularia'' from Walker Reservoir, Vernon, CT]]
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[[Image:Dinobryon.jpg|thumb|left|''Dinobryon cf. cylindricum'' from Walker Reservoir, Vernon, CT]]

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Biodiversity hidden to the naked eye

Microorganisms are incredibly diverse. A small sample of water from a local pond can contain dozens of species - some related to plants, some related to fungi, and some belonging to completely different, ancient lineages of eukaryotes. Algae are a subset of this diversity: they are organisms that contain a photosynthetic organelle (plastid). Here are a few examples of the charismatic algae found in the vicinity of the University of Connecticut

  • Dinobryon is a colonial flagellated alga from the class Chrysophyceae, a member of the Stramenopiles.
Dinobryon cf. cylindricum from Walker Reservoir, Vernon, CT