Phormidium irriguum f. minor Sciuto & Moro

Classification:
Empire Prokaryota
Kingdom Bacteria
Subkingdom Negibacteria
Phylum Cyanobacteria
Class Cyanophyceae
Subclass Oscillatoriophycideae
Order Oscillatoriales
Family Phormidiaceae
Subfamily Phormidioideae
Genus Phormidium

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Publication details
Phormidium irriguum f. minor Sciuto & Moro 2012: 370

Original publication: Sciuto, K., Andreoli, C., Rascio, N., La Rocca, N. & Moro, I. (2012). Polyphasic approach and typification of selected Phormidium strains (Cyanobacteria). Cladistics 28(4): 357-374.
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Type species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Phormidium is Phormidium lucidum Kützing ex Gomont.

Status of name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Origin of species name
Adjective (Latin), watered.

Synonym(s)
No synonyms are currently included in AlgaeBase.

Description
Trichomes bright bluegreen, long, variously curved, strictly packed to form mats. Isopolar trichomes, composed by cells wider (35 µm) than long (12 µm), ending with rounded apical cells, and surrounded by a thin colourless sheath, sometimes protruding from the filament itself. Reproduction by trichome fragmentation in short hormogonia through the formation of necridia. During cell division, daughter cells can begin a new division before growing to the size of the mother cell. Thylakoids with irregular arrangement, sometimes keritomized. Able to produce phycoerytrocyanin.

Type information
Type locality: "... isolated from cyanobacterial mats covering the thermal muds of the Garden Hotel of Montegrotto Terme (Padova, Italy)."..."A living culture is deposited at the Culture Collection of Autotrophic Organisms (CCALA) (Czech Republic) as strain CCALA 946." (Sciuto et al. 2012: 371).

SAG Cultures
SAG Cultures may be viewed at http://sagdb.uni-goettingen.de/showstrains.php?genus=Phormidium&species=irriguum

SCCAP Cultures
Cultures from the Scandinavian Culture Collection of Algae at the University of Copenhagen (SCCAP) and Protozoa may be viewed at http://www.sccap.dk/search/algaebase.asp?Genus=Phormidium&Species=irriguum

NCBI Nucleotide Sequences

Created: 15 November 2012 by M.D. Guiry

Verified by: 15 November 2012 by M.D. Guiry

Accesses: This record has been accessed by users 81 times since it was created.

Linking to this page: http://www.algaebase.org/search/species/detail/?species_id=144313

Citing AlgaeBase
Cite this record as:
Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2013. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 19 June 2013.

Algaebase taxon LSID: No taxonomy record found for this level.