Prochlorothrix T.Burger-Wiersma, L.J.Stal & L.R.Mur, 1989

Holotype species: Prochlorothrix hollandica Burger-Wiersma, Stal & Mur

Original publication: Burger-Wiersma, T., Stal, L.J. & Mur, L.R. (1989). Prochlorothrix hollandica gen. nov., sp. nov., a filamentous oxygenic photoautotrophic procaryote containing chlorophylls a and b: assignment to Prochlorotrichaceae fam. nov. and order Prochlorales Florenzano, Balloni, and Materassi 1986, with emendation of the ordinal description. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 39(3): 250-257.

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Type designated in: Burger-Wiesma, T., Stahl, L.J. & Mur, L.C. (1986). Prochlorothrix hollandica gen. nov., sp. nov., a filamentous oxygenic photoautotrophic procaryotge containing chlorophylls a and b. Assignment to Prochlorotrichaceae fam. nov. and order Prochlorales Florenzano, Balloni and Materassi 1986, with emendation of the ordinal description. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 39: 250-257.

Description: Cells cylindrical. The cells divide by binary transverse fission in a single plane and are held together by the outer layer of the cell wall to form trichomes of varying lengths. The cell wall has both gram-positive and gram-negative characteristics. The trichomes lack well-defined structured sheaths, do not possess differentiated end cells, and are nonmotile. Oxygenic photoautotrophs containing chlorophylls a and b as their primary photosynthetic pigments; phycobiliproteins are absent. The G+C content of the DNA is 53 mol%, as determined by the thermal denaturation method (one species, one strain).

Information contributed by: Original descriptrion. The most recent alteration to this page was made on 2018-08-16 by M.D. Guiry.

Taxonomic status: This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Gender: This genus name is currently treated as feminine.

Most recent taxonomic treatment adopted: Mai, T., Johansen, J.R., Pietrasiak, N., Bohunická, M. & Martin, M.P. (2018). Revision of the Synechococcales (Cyanobacteria) through recognition of four families including Oculatellaceae fam. nov. and Trichocoleaceae fam. nov. and six new genera containing 14 species. Phytotaxa 365(1): 1-59, 23 figures, 14 tables.

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Descriptions of chrysophyte genera were subsequently published in J. Kristiansen & H.R. Preisig (eds.). 2001. Encyclopedia of Chrysophyte Genera. Bibliotheca Phycologica 110: 1-260.

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 16 August 2018. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 24 April 2024