Meet the Microbes: 5 Tiny Protozoans and Algae: Quick Facts

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Highly magnified view of Euglena gracilis, showing numerous green, elongated, leaf-shaped single-celled organisms scattered across a pale background.

Microscope view of assorted diatoms with varied geometric shapes and translucent blue and gold coloring, living among sea ice crystals in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica.

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