Halomicronema metazoicum C.Caroppo, P.Pagliara & P.Albertano 2012

Publication Details
Halomicronema metazoicum C.Caroppo, P.Pagliara & P.Albertano 2012: 322, figs 1, 2

Published in: Caroppo, C., Albertano, P., Bruno, L., Montinari, M., Rizzi, M., Vigliotta, G. & Pagliara, P. (2012). Identification and characterization of a new Halomicronema species (Cyanobacteria) isolated from the Mediterranean marine sponge Petrosia ficiformis (Porifera). Fottea 12(2): 315-326.

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Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Halomicronema is Halomicronema excentricum Abed, Garcia-Pichel & Hernández-Mariné.

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

Type Information
Type locality: "Type strain: ITAC101, isolated from the sponge Petrosia ficiformis sampled in the Northern Ionian Sea (Mediterranean Sea). Deposited and maintained at the Culture Collection of the Coastal Marine Environment, National Research Council, Taranto. GenBank accession number: GU220365."; (Caroppo & al. 2012: 322)

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Description
Thin filamentous marine cyanobacterium associated to metazoans. Filaments and cultures are deepgreen in colour. Gliding motility is absent and filaments are not phototactic. Sheath is colourless, firm, distinct and very thin. Trichomes with slight constriction at the cross walls, better visible in confocal and electron microscopy. The calyptra is present at the top of the apical cell. Cells are 0.8-1.0 µm in diameter and 3-6 µm long. Thylakoids are peripheral and concentrically arranged around the long axis of the trichome. Moderately halophilic and halotolerant cyanobacterium.

Habitat
Found as phycobiont of marine sponges in the Mediterranean Sea and scleractinian corals in Japan.

Created: 25 July 2013 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 14 December 2017

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 14 December 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 20 April 2024

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