Water samples were taken from an estuary (Salinity: 15 ppt) and brown colony formed in the agar plates after 4 weeks of plating. Photographs taken at 40 X magnification. Size of the cells: 8-15 micron
Highly variable size, brownish colony colour and the fine granular/globular contents is reminiscent of a Thraustochytrid. See attached image for comparison.
It can be a cyanobacteria with pale green coc shape and whitouth organels; and not eucaryotic algae. baeocystis also can seen. Dimension of cell is required.
OK, at the moment I think there is no answer. Can you send me your pictures, because the colour can't be the original one. The picture itself is more or less pink. That means that bevore you start guessing you have to correct the color. (white balance) . In my opinion there is more than one taxa. And, you are talking about 40x . Is it the magnification or was it the objective? What was the real magnification? The bigger once with a magnification of 40 are definily not Chroococcus, but with a magnification of 10 times 40 everything is different.