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        <slide jpegURL="thumbs/t_0001.jpg" d_URL="slides/p_0001.jpg" transition="0" panzoom="1" URLTarget="0" phototime="2" url="http://www.EnvironmentalLeverage.com" title="Algae" width="485" height="315"><![CDATA[Algae Indications that you have growth on your clarifiers, or weirs and need to do some maintenance.]]></slide>
        <slide jpegURL="thumbs/t_0002.jpg" d_URL="slides/p_0002.jpg" transition="0" panzoom="1" URLTarget="0" phototime="2" url="http://www.EnvironmentalLeverage.com" title="Spirogyra" width="485" height="315"><![CDATA[In reality this little critter was found in a wastewater sample. What surprised me is how artistic and detailed they look.]]></slide>
        <slide jpegURL="thumbs/t_0003.jpg" d_URL="slides/p_0003.jpg" transition="0" panzoom="1" URLTarget="0" phototime="2" url="http://www.EnvironmentalLeverage.com" title="Spirogyra" width="485" height="315"><![CDATA[If you have these in your plant, you probably need to do maintenance on your primary, or secondary clarifiers or digesters if not covered.]]></slide>
        <slide jpegURL="thumbs/t_0004.jpg" d_URL="slides/p_0004.jpg" transition="0" panzoom="1" URLTarget="0" phototime="2" url="http://www.EnvironmentalLeverage.com" title="Spirogyra" width="485" height="315"><![CDATA[Algae should not grow in your MLSS, the density of the water is too thick and it is too dark for significant levels of algae to grow.]]></slide>
        <slide jpegURL="thumbs/t_0005.jpg" d_URL="slides/p_0005.jpg" transition="0" panzoom="1" URLTarget="0" phototime="2" url="http://www.EnvironmentalLeverage.com" title="Spirogyra" width="485" height="315"><![CDATA[If you see this in your slide under the microscope, it means you need to examine your plant and check for algae growth and do some minor maintenace.]]></slide>
        <slide jpegURL="thumbs/t_0006.jpg" d_URL="slides/p_0006.jpg" transition="0" panzoom="1" URLTarget="0" phototime="2" url="http://www.EnvironmentalLeverage.com" title="Spirogyra" width="485" height="315"><![CDATA[You may have a high TSS or get false BOD readings in your final effluent when these are present.]]></slide>
        <slide jpegURL="thumbs/t_0007.jpg" d_URL="slides/p_0007.jpg" transition="0" panzoom="1" URLTarget="0" phototime="2" url="http://www.EnvironmentalLeverage.com" title="Spirogyra" width="485" height="315"><![CDATA[400 different kinds of species.]]></slide>
        <slide jpegURL="thumbs/t_0008.jpg" d_URL="slides/p_0008.jpg" transition="0" panzoom="1" URLTarget="0" phototime="2" url="http://www.EnvironmentalLeverage.com" title="Spirogyra" width="485" height="315"><![CDATA[These photomicrographs were taken from a wastewater sample. Most of the objectives used were 100x, 400x and 1000x.]]></slide>
        <slide jpegURL="thumbs/t_0009.jpg" d_URL="slides/p_0009.jpg" transition="0" panzoom="1" URLTarget="0" phototime="2" url="http://www.EnvironmentalLeverage.com" title="Spirogyra" width="485" height="315"><![CDATA[Filamentous fresh water green algae]]></slide>
        <slide jpegURL="thumbs/t_0010.jpg" d_URL="slides/p_0010.jpg" transition="0" panzoom="1" URLTarget="0" phototime="2" url="http://www.EnvironmentalLeverage.com" title="Spirogyra" width="485" height="315"><![CDATA[1000x Bright field look at the internal structures of the organism.]]></slide>
        <slide jpegURL="thumbs/t_0011.jpg" d_URL="slides/p_0011.jpg" transition="0" panzoom="1" URLTarget="0" phototime="2" url="http://www.EnvironmentalLeverage.com" title="Spirogyra" width="485" height="315"><![CDATA[They have chloroplasts in spirally twisted bans.]]></slide>
        <slide jpegURL="thumbs/t_0012.jpg" d_URL="slides/p_0012.jpg" transition="0" panzoom="1" URLTarget="0" phototime="2" url="http://www.EnvironmentalLeverage.com" title="Spirogyra" width="485" height="315"><![CDATA[Spirogyra is a photosynthetic, eukaryotic cell.]]></slide>
        <slide jpegURL="thumbs/t_0013.jpg" d_URL="slides/p_0013.jpg" transition="0" panzoom="1" URLTarget="0" phototime="2" url="http://www.EnvironmentalLeverage.com" title="Spirogyra" width="485" height="315"><![CDATA[Bright Field 1000x]]></slide>
        <slide jpegURL="thumbs/t_0014.jpg" d_URL="slides/p_0014.jpg" transition="0" panzoom="1" URLTarget="0" phototime="2" url="http://www.EnvironmentalLeverage.com" title="Spirogyra" width="485" height="315"><![CDATA[Wow, just changing the size makes everything look completely different!]]></slide>
        <slide jpegURL="thumbs/t_0015.jpg" d_URL="slides/p_0015.jpg" transition="0" panzoom="1" URLTarget="0" phototime="2" url="http://www.EnvironmentalLeverage.com" title="Spirogyra" width="485" height="315"><![CDATA[Bright field 
Spirals inside the cells]]></slide>
        <slide jpegURL="thumbs/t_0016.jpg" d_URL="slides/p_0016.jpg" transition="0" panzoom="1" URLTarget="0" phototime="2" url="http://www.EnvironmentalLeverage.com" title="Spirogyra" width="485" height="315"><![CDATA[Spirogyra with Zygnema]]></slide>
        <slide jpegURL="thumbs/t_0017.jpg" d_URL="slides/p_0017.jpg" transition="0" panzoom="1" URLTarget="0" phototime="2" url="http://www.EnvironmentalLeverage.com" title="Spirogyra" width="485" height="315"><![CDATA[They have spores and can reproduce.]]></slide>
        <slide jpegURL="thumbs/t_0018.jpg" d_URL="slides/p_0018.jpg" transition="0" panzoom="1" URLTarget="0" phototime="2" url="http://www.EnvironmentalLeverage.com" title="Spirogyra" width="485" height="315"><![CDATA[Bright field almost looks 3D in this photo]]></slide>
        <slide jpegURL="thumbs/t_0019.jpg" d_URL="slides/p_0019.jpg" transition="0" panzoom="1" URLTarget="0" phototime="2" url="http://www.EnvironmentalLeverage.com" title="Spirogyra" width="485" height="315"><![CDATA[Remember, this is all in one drop of water on a slide under the microscope !!]]></slide>
        <slide jpegURL="thumbs/t_0020.jpg" d_URL="slides/p_0020.jpg" transition="0" panzoom="1" URLTarget="0" phototime="2" url="http://www.EnvironmentalLeverage.com" title="Spirogyra" width="485" height="315"><![CDATA[Spirogyra measures to around 10 to 100µm in width and may stretch centimeters long.]]></slide>
        <slide jpegURL="thumbs/t_0021.jpg" d_URL="slides/p_0021.jpg" transition="0" panzoom="1" URLTarget="0" phototime="2" url="http://www.EnvironmentalLeverage.com" title="Spirogyra" width="485" height="315"><![CDATA[The small round bodies in the chloroplast are called pyrenoids, centers for the production of starch.]]></slide>
        <slide jpegURL="thumbs/t_0022.jpg" d_URL="slides/p_0022.jpg" transition="0" panzoom="1" URLTarget="0" phototime="2" url="http://www.EnvironmentalLeverage.com" title="400x filaments Spirogyra" width="485" height="315"><![CDATA[Always zoom in under the microscope to see more details and a totally different perspective.
Low power here does not show up as much detail.]]></slide>
        <slide jpegURL="thumbs/t_0023.jpg" d_URL="slides/p_0023.jpg" transition="0" panzoom="1" URLTarget="0" phototime="2" url="http://www.EnvironmentalLeverage.com" title="1000x filaments Spirogyra" width="485" height="315"><![CDATA[They belong to the conjugating green algae phyla.]]></slide>
        <slide jpegURL="thumbs/t_0024.jpg" d_URL="slides/p_0024.jpg" transition="0" panzoom="1" URLTarget="0" phototime="2" url="http://www.EnvironmentalLeverage.com" title="Algae" width="485" height="315"><![CDATA[In Spirogyra, chloroplasts run through the cells in a spiral formation.]]></slide>
        <slide jpegURL="thumbs/t_0025.jpg" d_URL="slides/p_0025.jpg" transition="0" panzoom="1" URLTarget="0" phototime="2" url="http://www.EnvironmentalLeverage.com" title="Algae" width="485" height="315"><![CDATA[Spirogyra is a filamentous algae that can be found in almost every pond or ditch. ]]></slide>
        <slide jpegURL="thumbs/t_0026.jpg" d_URL="slides/p_0026.jpg" transition="0" panzoom="1" URLTarget="0" phototime="2" url="http://www.EnvironmentalLeverage.com" title="Algae" width="485" height="315"><![CDATA[Spirogyra and their relatives Mougeotia and Zygnema grow to form a thick scum on the surface of the water.]]></slide>
        <slide jpegURL="thumbs/t_0027.jpg" d_URL="slides/p_0027.jpg" transition="0" panzoom="1" URLTarget="0" phototime="2" url="http://www.EnvironmentalLeverage.com" title="Algae" width="485" height="315"><![CDATA[Hard to believe this is nature! Inverted makes it easy to pick out details on a wet mount.]]></slide>
        <slide jpegURL="thumbs/t_0028.jpg" d_URL="slides/p_0028.jpg" transition="0" panzoom="1" URLTarget="0" phototime="2" url="http://www.EnvironmentalLeverage.com" title="Algae" width="485" height="315"><![CDATA[Spirogyra can reproduce both asexually and sexually.]]></slide>
        <slide jpegURL="thumbs/t_0029.jpg" d_URL="slides/p_0029.jpg" transition="0" panzoom="1" URLTarget="0" phototime="2" url="http://www.EnvironmentalLeverage.com" title="Algae" width="485" height="315"><![CDATA[In asexual reproduction, spirogyra simply undergo mitosis to form new filaments.]]></slide>
        <slide jpegURL="thumbs/t_0030.jpg" d_URL="slides/p_0030.jpg" transition="0" panzoom="1" URLTarget="0" phototime="2" url="http://www.EnvironmentalLeverage.com" title="Algae" width="485" height="315"><![CDATA[Hard to believe this is nature! Zooming in to 1000x makes it easy to pick out details on a wet mount.]]></slide>
        <slide jpegURL="thumbs/t_0031.jpg" d_URL="slides/p_0031.jpg" transition="0" panzoom="1" URLTarget="0" phototime="2" url="http://www.EnvironmentalLeverage.com" title="Algae" width="485" height="315"><![CDATA[Bright field 1000x]]></slide>
        <slide jpegURL="thumbs/t_0032.jpg" d_URL="slides/p_0032.jpg" transition="0" panzoom="1" URLTarget="0" phototime="2" url="http://www.EnvironmentalLeverage.com" title="Algae" width="485" height="315"><![CDATA[Spirogyra is a genus of green algae found only in fresh water.]]></slide>
        <slide jpegURL="thumbs/t_0033.jpg" d_URL="slides/p_0033.jpg" transition="0" panzoom="1" URLTarget="0" phototime="2" url="http://www.EnvironmentalLeverage.com" title="Algae" width="485" height="315"><![CDATA[In sexual conjugation, cells of two strands lying side by side are joined by the outgrowths, or conjugation tubes, and the isides of one cell pass into and fuse with the contents of the other.]]></slide>
        <slide jpegURL="thumbs/t_0034.jpg" d_URL="slides/p_0034.jpg" transition="0" panzoom="1" URLTarget="0" phototime="2" url="http://www.EnvironmentalLeverage.com" title="Algae" width="485" height="315"><![CDATA[The resulting fused cell or zygote becomes surrounded by a thick wall while the vegetative filaments die.]]></slide>
        <slide jpegURL="thumbs/t_0035.jpg" d_URL="slides/p_0035.jpg" transition="0" panzoom="1" URLTarget="0" phototime="2" url="http://www.EnvironmentalLeverage.com" title="Algae" width="485" height="315"><![CDATA[Vegetative reproduction is by fragmentation of the filaments.]]></slide>
        <slide jpegURL="thumbs/t_0036.jpg" d_URL="slides/p_0036.jpg" transition="0" panzoom="1" URLTarget="0" phototime="2" url="http://www.EnvironmentalLeverage.com" title="Algae" width="485" height="315"><![CDATA[The nucleus is suspended in the central vacuole by fine cytoplasmic filaments.]]></slide>
        <slide jpegURL="thumbs/t_0037.jpg" d_URL="slides/p_0037.jpg" transition="0" panzoom="1" URLTarget="0" phototime="2" url="http://www.EnvironmentalLeverage.com" title="Algae" width="485" height="315"><![CDATA[It has unbranched filaments that are composed of cylindrical cells.]]></slide>
        <slide jpegURL="thumbs/t_0038.jpg" d_URL="slides/p_0038.jpg" transition="0" panzoom="1" URLTarget="0" phototime="2" url="http://www.EnvironmentalLeverage.com" title="Algae" width="485" height="315"><![CDATA[In case you are wondering why the magnification does not appear to match throughout all the photos, some were taken with different cameras and microscopes.]]></slide>
        <slide jpegURL="thumbs/t_0039.jpg" d_URL="slides/p_0039.jpg" transition="0" panzoom="1" URLTarget="0" phototime="2" url="http://www.EnvironmentalLeverage.com" title="Algae" width="485" height="315"><![CDATA[Remember, even though it is only a drop of water and seems flat on the slide- they are 3-D.]]></slide>
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