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Original Articles

UV photomicrography of diatoms

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Pages 13-19 | Received 16 Apr 2010, Accepted 18 Nov 2010, Published online: 27 Jun 2011
 

Abstract

An historical survey of the photographic documentation of diatoms is followed by a description of a modern technique of photomicrography in ultraviolet light. With commercially available equipment, this yields the ultimate detail obtainable with a light microscope. The technique can be especially helpful in the examination (e.g., for typification) of specimens in slides with a low refractive index mounting medium, if no original material remains for scanning electrom microscopy studies.

Acknowledgements

We thank Wulf Herwig for the sample containing the Gyrosigma sp. and for the photomicrograph of .

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