Phormidium irriguum f. minor Sciuto & Moro 2012
Publication Details
Phormidium irriguum f. minor Sciuto & Moro 2012: 370
Published in: Sciuto, K., Andreoli, C., Rascio, N., La Rocca, N. & Moro, I. (2012). Polyphasic approach and typification of selected Phormidium strains (Cyanobacteria). Cladistics 28(4): 357-374.
Request PDFType Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Phormidium is Phormidium lucidum Kützing ex Gomont.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Type Information
Type locality: "... isolated from cyanobacterial mats covering the thermal muds of the Garden Hotel of Montegrotto Terme (Padova, Italy)."..."A living culture is deposited at the Culture Collection of Autotrophic Organisms (CCALA) (Czech Republic) as strain CCALA 946."; (Sciuto & al. 2012: 371)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), watered.
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Description
Trichomes bright bluegreen, long,
variously curved, strictly packed to form mats. Isopolar
trichomes, composed by cells wider (35 µm) than long
(12 µm), ending with rounded apical cells, and surrounded
by a thin colourless sheath, sometimes protruding
from the filament itself. Reproduction by trichome
fragmentation in short hormogonia through the formation
of necridia. During cell division, daughter cells can
begin a new division before growing to the size of the
mother cell. Thylakoids with irregular arrangement,
sometimes keritomized. Able to produce phycoerytrocyanin.
Created: 15 November 2012 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 14 December 2017
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 14 December 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 26 April 2024
