Bibliographic Detail
Soares, F., Tiago, I., Trovão, J., Coelho, C., Mesquita, N., Gil, F., Catarino, L., Cardoso, S.M. & Portugal. A., 2019
Reference:
Soares, F., Tiago, I., Trovão, J., Coelho, C., Mesquita, N., Gil, F., Catarino, L., Cardoso, S.M. & Portugal. A. (2019). Description of Myxacorys almedinensis sp. nov. (Synechococcales, Cyanobacteria) isolated from the limestone walls of the Old Cathedral of Coimbra, Portugal (UNESCO World Heritage Site). Phytotaxa 419(1): 77-90.
Abstract:
Cyanobacteria are photoautotrophic microorganisms able to colonize historic stone monuments, causing severe aesthetic, physical and chemical alterations to the substrate. In a study that aimed to fingerprint the phototrophic community of the biodeteriorated walls of the Old Cathedral of Coimbra (UNESCO World Heritage Site), an unknown Myxacorys-like cyanobacterium was isolated. In this paper, we employed a polyphasic approach based on morphological, ecological and phylogenetic analyses of the partial 16S and the whole 16S-23S ITS rRNA regions. The resulting analyses allowed us to propose the description of a new species, Myxacorys almedinensis sp. nov. within the genus Myxacorys.
DOI:
10.11646/phytotaxa.419.1.5
