Haloleptolyngbya P.K.Dadheech, H.Mahmoud, K.Kotut & L.Krienitz, 2012
Holotype species: Haloleptolyngbya alcalis Dadheech, H.Mahmoud, Kotut & L.Krienitz
Original publication and holotype designation: Dadheech, P.K., Mahmoud, H., Kotut, K. & Krienitz L. (2012). Haloleptolyngbya alcalis gen. et sp. nov., a new filamentous cyanobacterium from the soda lake Nakuru, Kenya. Hydrobiologia 691: 269-283.
Description: Thallus thin, pale to bright blue. Filaments solitary or densely entangled to floating mats, tychoplanktonic or attached to the substrate. Filaments long, straight or wavy, with rounded ends, 1.2-1.9 µm wide, constricted at the cross-walls. A colorless sheath covers the trichomes. Cells cylindrical, elongated or isodiametric, without aerotopes: the genus differs from other members of cyanobacteria in sequence of 16S rRNA gene, PC-IGS locus, and secondary structure of ITS regions.
The most recent alteration to this page was made on 2023-10-05 by G.M. Guiry.Taxonomic status: This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Gender: This genus name is currently treated as feminine.
Most recent taxonomic treatment adopted: Strunecký, O., Ivanova, A.P. & Mares, J. (2022 '2023'). An updated classification of cyanobacterial orders and families based on phylogenomic and polyphasic analysis (Review). Journal of Phycology 59(1): 12-51.
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Descriptions of chrysophyte genera were subsequently published in J. Kristiansen & H.R. Preisig (eds.). 2001. Encyclopedia of Chrysophyte Genera. Bibliotheca Phycologica 110: 1-260.
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 05 October 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 19 April 2024
