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Microcystis is a globally known cyanobacterium causing potentially toxic blooms worldwide. Different morphospecies with specific morphological and physiological characters usually co-occur during blooming, and their quantification employing light microscopy can be time-consuming and problematic. A benchtop imaging flow cytometer (IFC) FlowCam (Yokogawa Fluid Imaging Technologies, USA) was used to identify and quantitate different Microcystis morphospecies from environmental samples. We describe here the FlowCam methodology for sample processing and analysis of five European morphospecies of Microcystis common to the temperate zone. The FlowCam technique allows detection of different Microcystis morphospecies providing objective qualitative and quantitative data for statistical analysis.
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