Chroococcus turgidus (Kützing) Nägeli
Classification:
Empire Prokaryota
Kingdom Bacteria
Subkingdom Negibacteria
Phylum Cyanobacteria
Class Cyanophyceae
Subclass Oscillatoriophycideae
Order Chroococcales
Family Chroococcaceae
Genus Chroococcus
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Publication details
Chroococcus turgidus (Kützing) Nägeli 1849: 46
Original publication: Nägeli, C. (1849). Gattungen einzelliger Algen, physiologisch und systematisch bearbeitet. Neue Denkschriften der Allg. Schweizerischen Gesellschaft für die Gesammten Naturwissenschaften 10(7): i-viii, 1-139, pls I-VIII.
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Type species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Chroococcus is Chroococcus rufescens (Kützing) Nägeli.
Status of name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Basionym
Protococcus turgidus Kützing
Type information
Type locality: "Zwischen Oscillarieen und Lyngbyeen" [Freidburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany fide Drouet & Daily, 1956: 70]) (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996: 13). Holotype: L (Silva 1996-to date
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Protococcus turgidus Kützing 1846
Gloeocapsa turgida (Kützing) Hollerbach 1938
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Trochiscia dimidiata Kützing 1834
Chroococcus dimidiatus (Kützing) Nägeli 1849
Anacystis dimidiata (Kützing) Drouet & Daily 1952
General environment
This is a Marine/Freshwater species.
Distribution by country
Detailed distribution with sources
(as Chroococcus turgidus (Kützing) Nägeli)
Ireland: Cork (Cullinane 1971), Mayo (Cotton 1912).
Europe: Britain (Batters 1902, Whitton et al. 2003), France (Anon. 2012), Germany (Täuscher 2011), Ireland (Cullinane 1971), Romania (Caraus 2012), Spain (Aboal & Llimona 1984b, Aboal 1988, Alvarez-Cobelas & Gallardo 1988, Aboal 1989, Asencio & Aboal 1996, Calvo, Bárbara & Cremades 1999, Calvo & Bárbara 2002, Bárbara et al., 2003, Bárbara et al. 2005), Sweden (Skuja 1948), Turkey (Europe) (Ersanli & Gönülol 2006, Taskin et al. 2008 
).
Atlantic Islands: Canary Islands (Haroun et al. 2002, Aldanondo-Aristizábal, Domínguez-Alvarez & Gil-Rodríguez 2003, Haroun et al. 2003).
North America: Arkansas (Smith 2010), Connecticut (Hylander 1928), Florida (Taylor 1928).
Caribbean Islands: Cuba (Comas González 2008).
South America: Brazil (Oliveira Filho 1977, Werner 2010), Galápagos Islands (Taylor 1945).
Africa: Djibouti (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996), Kenya (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996), Mozambique (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996), Sierra Leone (Alfinito 2011), South Africa (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996).
South-west Asia: India (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996), Israel (Vinogradova et al. 2000), Pakistan (Husna 2005, Mehwish & Aliya 2005, Leghari et al. 2005), Punjab (Anon 2012), Turkey (Asia) (Soylu & Gonulol 2006, Taskin et al. 2008 ).
Asia: China (Hu & Wei 2006).
South-east Asia: Indonesia (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996), Singapore (Pham et al. 2011).
Australia and New Zealand: New South Wales (Day et al. 1995), New Zealand (Cassie 1984, Broady & Merican 2012), Queensland (Bostock & Holland 2010), South Australia (Day et al. 1995).
Pacific Islands: Federated States of Micronesia (Lobban & Tsuda 2003), Hawaiian Islands (Sherwood 2004).
(as Chroococcus dimidiatus (Kützing) Nägeli)
Europe: Denmark (Nielsen 2002).
Atlantic Islands: Canary Islands (Anon 2011).
(as Gloeocapsa turgida (Kützing) Hollerbach)
Europe: Romania (Caraus 2002, Caraus 2012), Spain (Aboal 1996).
Pacific Islands: Marshall Islands (Taylor 1950).
(as Anacystis dimidiata (Kützing) Drouet & Daily)
Arctic: Ellesmere Island (Croasdale 1973).
Europe: Calabria (Furnari et al. 2003, Furnari et al. 2003), Friuli-Venezia-Giulia (Furnari et al. 2003), Italy (Furnari et al. 2003, Furnari et al. 2003, Furnari et al. 2003, Furnari et al. 2003, Furnari et al. 2003), Puglia (Furnari et al. 2003), Spain (Ballesteros & Romero 1982, Aboal & Llimona 1984b), Veneto (Furnari et al. 2003).
North America: Florida (Dawes 1974), Virginia (Humm 1979).
Africa: Ghana (Lawson & John 1987), Liberia (Lawson & John 1987), São Tomé & Príncipe (Lawson & John 1987).
Australia and New Zealand: Queensland (Day et al. 1995, Phillips 2002).
Key references
Desikachary, T.V. (1959). Cyanophyta. pp. i-x, 1-686, 139 pls. New Delhi: Indian Council of Agricultural Research.
Geitler, L. (1932). Cyanophyceae. In: Kryptogamen-Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz. (Rabenhorst, L. Eds) Vol. 14, pp. 673-1056. Leipzig: Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft.
Husna, R., Zarina, A., Masud-ul-Hasan & Shameel, M. (2005). Taxonomic study of Cyanophyta from Lahore, Pakistan: I. Class Chroocophyceae Shameel. Int. J. Phycol. Phycochem. 1(2): 143-150.
Komárek, J. & Anagnostidis, K. (1999). Cyanoprokaryota. 1. Chroococcales. In: Süßwasserflora von Mitteleuropa. (Ettl, H., Gärtner, G., Heynig, H. & Mollenhauer, D. Eds) Vol.19, pp. 548. Heidelberg; Berlin: Spektrum, Akad. Verl..
Silva, P.C., Basson, P.W. & Moe, R.L. (1996). Catalogue of the benthic marine algae of the Indian Ocean. University of California Publications in Botany 79: 1-1259.
Silva, S.M.F. & Pienaar, R.N. (2000). Some benthic marine cyanophyceae of Mauritius. Botanica Marina 43: 11-27, 86 figs.
Toepel, J., Langner, U. & Wilhelm, C. (2005). Combination of flow cytometry and single cell absorption spectroscopy to study the phytoplankton structure and to calculate the chl a specific absorption coefficients at the taxon level. Journal of Phycology 41(6): 1099-1109.
Whitton, B.A. (2002). Phylum Cyanophyta (Cyanobacteria). In: The Freshwater Algal Flora of the British Isles. An identification guide to freshwater and terrestrial algae. (John, D.M., Whitton, B.A. & Brook, A.J. Eds), pp. 25-122. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
UTEX Cultures
UTEX Culture LB 123 Chroococcus turgidus
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SAG Cultures
SAG Cultures may be viewed at http://sagdb.uni-goettingen.de/showstrains.php?genus=Chroococcus&species=turgidus
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=Chroococcus&Species=turgidus
Created: 03 August 2000 by M.D. Guiry
Verified by: 24 October 2012 by M.D. Guiry
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