Calochaete Hauer, Bohunicka & Muhlsteinova 2013, gen. nov.
- 1. Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia, Branišovská 31, eské Bud jovice, Czech Republic, CZ- 37005. Centre for Phycology, Institute of Botany, Czech Academy of Sciences, Dukelská 135, T ebo, Czech Republic, CZ- 37982.
Description
Calochaete Hauer, Bohunická & Mühlsteinová, gen. nov.
Colony on agar dark green or brown, amorphous. Filaments usually very long with basal heterocyte, swollen at the base, then gradually tapering towards the end, without terminal hair, often with false branching, single or double. Sheath 0.5–1.5 µm thick, unstructured, colorless. Trichomes notably constricted at cross-walls, 7–9 µ m wide at the base and 3.0– 4.3 µm wide at well-developed ends. Cells olive green, brown to violet, cylindrical or barrel shaped, shorter or longer than wide, 3–8 µm long, basal:apical ratio 1.8–2. Terminal cell longer than wide, cylindrical or bluntly conical. Heterocytes basal or intercalary, green to yellowish, hemispherical or cylindrical, rarely conical, 4–7 µm wide, 4–8 µm long. Reproduction by hormogonia with almost spherical cells. No akinetes were observed.
Type species: Calochaete cimrmanii Hauer, Bohunická & Mühlsteinová.
Etymology:—From the Greek Kalos (beatutiful) and chaete (long hair), refers to one of the morphological features.
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Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Family
- Fortiaceae
- Genus
- Calochaete
- Kingdom
- Bacteria
- Order
- Nostocales
- Phylum
- Cyanobacteria
- Scientific name authorship
- Hauer, Bohunicka & Muhlsteinova
- Taxonomic status
- gen. nov.
- Taxon rank
- genus
- Taxonomic concept label
- Calochaete Hauer, Bohunická & Mühlsteinová, 2013