Figure 2

Nomarski interference micrographs of four species of Spirogyra belonging to Clades III–V (Fig. 5a, Table 1). Scale bars = 20 μm. (a–d) S. chungkingensis Uki1 (JPS001). (e–h) S. mirabilis shi0305 (JPS010). (i–m) S. chenii chiA307 (JPS011). (n–q) S. varians chi0102 (JPS015). (a,e,i,n) Vegetative cells. (b,f,j,o) Formation of zygospores or aplanospores. (c,g,l,p) Optical section of zygospore or aplanospores. (d,h,m,q) Surface view of zygospore or aplanospores.