Fig. 1 Morphology of strains ACSSI 346 a, ACSSI 362 b, and ACSSI 363 c cells. The inset shows a more detailed image of an adult cell. The autospores are shown with arrows. THUNDER image of strain ACSSI 346 d. The ciliates with Meyerella cells: Pseudoblepharisma sp. e, Holophrya sp. f. Drawings of light microscopical characters of studied strains (g). 1 – young cell; 2– adult cell; 3,4 – autosporangium. Scale bar a–f: 10 μm, g: 2 μm

Published as part of Krivina, E. S., Boldina, O. N., Bukin, Yu. S., Bykova, S. V. & Temraleeva, A. D., 2023, Species delimitation polyphasic approach reveals Meyerella similis sp. nov.: a new species of "small green balls" within the Chlorella-clade (Trebouxiophyceae, Chlorophyta), pp. 25-40 in Organisms Diversity & Evolution (New York, N.Y.) 23 (1) on page 29, DOI: 10.1007/s13127-022-00590-8, http://zenodo.org/record/13366883