Gloeomargarita D.Moreira et al., 2017
Holotype species: Gloeomargarita lithophora Moreira et al.
Original publication and holotype designation: Moreira, D., Tavera, R., Benzerara, K., Skouri-Panet, F., Couradeau, E., Gérard, E., Loussert Fonta, C., Novelo, E., Zivanovic, Y. & López-García, P. (2017). Description of Gloeomargarita lithophora gen. nov., sp. nov., a thylacoid-bearing, basal-branching cyanobacterium with intracellular carbonates, and proposal for Gloeomargaritales ord. nov. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 67(3): 653-658, 4 fig.
Description: Unicellular rods with oxygenic photoautotrophic metabolism and gliding motility. Contain chlorophyll a and phycocyanin and photosynthetic thylakoids located peripherally. Reproduction by transverse binary fission in a single plane. Do not produce well-defined sheath layers. Contain spherical inclusions of earth alkaline carbonates in the cytoplasm.
The most recent alteration to this page was made on 2018-01-24 by M.D. Guiry.Taxonomic status: This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
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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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