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Lyngbya (ling-bee-a) is a filamentous cyanobacteria usually have many cells joined together. They are often motile, gliding through the substrate. Probably the oldest recognizable organisms on Earth - traceable back to the earliest fossils, over 3 billion years old. Some are producers of toxins, some have nitrogen fixing abilities. etc. There are many disc-shaped cells joined end to end to make up the filaments. The filaments can be huge, dwarfing not only many protists but also many metazoa. The organisms are photosynthetic, and also can glide slowly. Phase contrast.  This picture was taken by David Patterson, Linda Amaral Zettler and Virginia Edgcomb of material from the salt marsh at Little Sippewissett (Massachusetts, USA) in Autumn, 2000 and in Spring and summer, 2001. Image copyright: D. J. Patterson, L. Amaral-Zettler and V. Edgcomb, image used under license to MBL (micro*scope).

Lyngbya

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Lyngbya in other collections

Lyngbya, from Freshwater and Terrestrial Microbes of Idaho (USA) and Elsewhere	Lyngbya, from Microbes of Mammoth Lake	Lyngbya, from Microbes of Mammoth Lake	Lyngbya, from Microbes of Mammoth Lake	Lyngbya, from Lake Pontchartrain microbes
Lyngbya, from Eel Pond, Woods Hole, Massachusetts	Lyngbya, from Plum Island, Massachusetts coast, USA	Lyngbya, from Plum Island, Massachusetts coast, USA	Lyngbya, from Plum Island, Massachusetts coast, USA