Nostoc muscorum C.Agardh ex Bornet & Flahault
Classification:
Empire Prokaryota
Kingdom Bacteria
Subkingdom Negibacteria
Phylum Cyanobacteria
Class Cyanophyceae
Subclass Nostocophycideae
Order Nostocales
Family Nostocaceae
Genus Nostoc
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Prox. Section of split large colony, Yardley Chase, Northampton,UK. 06 Mar 2009. © C.F.Carter (chris.carter@6cvw.freeuk.com).
Prox. Yardley Chase, Northamptonshire, UK.. 06 Mar 2009. © C.F.Carter (chris.carter@6cvw.freeuk.com).
Prox. Group of colonies from the bryophyte Zygodon. Collected by Rachel Carter, Wadenhoe, Northamptonshire, UK. 06 Feb 2007. © C.F.Carter (chris.carter@6cvw.freeuk.com).
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Publication details
Nostoc muscorum C.Agardh ex Bornet & Flahault 1888: (1886-1888) 200
Original publication: Bornet, É. & Flahault, C. (1886 '1888'). Revision des Nostocacées hétérocystées contenues dans les principaux herbiers de France. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Botanique, Septième Série 7: 177-262.
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Type species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Nostoc is Nostoc commune Vaucher ex Bornet & Flahault.
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Nostoc muscorum C.Agardh 1812
Detailed distribution with sources
(as Nostoc muscorum C.Agardh)
Europe: Britain (Whitton et al. 2003), France (O'Brien et al 2006), Romania (Caraus 2002, Caraus 2012), Spain (Alvarez-Cobelas & Gallardo 1988, Aboal 1996).
North America: Arkansas (Smith 2010).
South-west Asia: Pakistan (Leghari et al. 2005).
Australia and New Zealand: New Zealand (Broady & Merican 2012), Queensland (Day et al. 1995), Victoria (Day et al. 1995).
UTEX Cultures
UTEX Culture 387 Nostoc muscorum
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CCAP Cultures
CCAP Strain Number 1453/8 Nostoc muscorum C. Agardh ex Bornet & Flahault
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SAG Cultures
SAG Cultures may be viewed at http://sagdb.uni-goettingen.de/showstrains.php?genus=Nostoc&species=muscorum
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=Nostoc&Species=muscorum
Created: 28 April 2005 by Fabio Rindi
Verified by: 28 April 2005 by Fabio Rindi
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References
(Please note: only references with the binomials in the title are included. The information is from the Literature database.)
Amla, D.V., Rowell, P. & Stewart, W.D.P. (1986). The interaction of cyanophage N-1 with the nitrogen-fixing cyanobacterium Nostoc muscorum. British Phycological Journal 21: 339.
Broady, P.A. (1978). The growth of Nostoc muscorum in a moss community in Antarctica. British Phycological Journal 13: 197.
de Gaire, G.Z., de Mulé, M.C.Z., Daollo, S., de Halperin, D.R. & de Halpering, L. (1976). Acción de extractos acuosos y etéreos de Nostoc muscorum Ag (No 79a). I. Efecto sobre plántulas de mijo (Panicum milaceum L.) mediante tratamiento de sus semillas. Bull. Bot. Soc. Argentina 17: 289-300.
Dixit, A., Srivastava, R. & Amla, D.V. (1991). Isolation and physiological characteristics of a methylamine-resistant mutant of the N2-fixing cyanobacterium Nostoc muscorum. Biochem Physiol Pflanz 187(1): 77-88.
Mulé, M.C. de, Caire, G.Z. de, Doallo, S., Halperin, D.R. de & Halperin, L. de (1977). Acción de extractos algales acuosos y etéreos de Nostoc muscorum Ag. (No. 79a). II. Effecto sobre el desarollo del hongo Cunninghamella blakesleana (-) en el medio Mehlich. Bull. Bot. Soc. Argentina 28: 121-128.
Pajdak-stos, E., Fialkowksa, E. & Fyda, J. (2004). Vulnerability of Nostoc muscorum Agardh (Cynaophyceae) motile hormogonia to ciliate grazing (Note). Journal of Phycology 40: 271-274.
Rodgers, G.A. (1977). Nitrogenase activity in Nostoc muscorum: recovery from desiccation. Plant and Soil 46: 671-674.
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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 24 May 2013.
Algaebase taxon LSID: urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:35595
