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Gloeocapsa biformis Ercegovic

  • 1. Botanical Survey of India Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Government of India AJCBIBG, Botanic Garden Howrah - 711 103 (India) drpratibha 2011 @ rediffmail. com (corresponding author)

Description

Gloeocapsa biformis Ercegovic

Acta Botanica Instituti Botanici Universitatis Zabrabensis 10: 80 (Ercegovic 1925). Komárek & Anagn., Cyanoprokaryota Part 1: Chroococcales 19 (1): 256, f. 336 (Komárek & Anagnostidis 1998).

DESCRIPTION. — Colony irregular, composed of groups of small sub-colonies; mucilage envelop colourless, yellow or yellow brown, not or slightly lamellate; cells more or less spherical, pale blue-green (Fig. 8B).

DIMENSION. — Cells 1.8-3.5 µm in diameter.

ENVIRONMENT & HABITAT. — Marine and terrestrial species, wet rocks; temperature 1°C.

Notes

Published as part of Gupta, Pratibha, 2021, First report of diversity of Cyanobacteria of Broknes Peninsula of Larsemann Hills, East Antarctica, pp. 241-251 in Cryptogamie, Algologie 20 (15) on page 244, DOI: 10.5252/cryptogamie-algologie2021v42a15, http://zenodo.org/record/7819309

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Chroococcaceae
Genus
Gloeocapsa
Kingdom
Bacteria
Order
Chroococcales
Phylum
Cyanobacteria
Species
biformis
Taxon rank
species

References

  • ERCEGOVIC A. 1925. - Litofitska vegetacija vapnenaca i dolomita u Hrvatskoj. La vegetation lithophytes sur les calcaires et les dolomites en Croatie. Acta Botanica Instituti Botanici Universitatis Zabrabensis 10: 64 - 114.
  • KOMAREK J. & ANAGNOSTIDIS K. 1998. - Cyanoprokaryota 1. Teil: Chroococcales, in ETTL H., GARTNER G., HEYNIG H. & MOLLENHAUER D. (eds), Susswasserflora von Mitteleuropa, Gustav Fischer, Jena-Stuttgart-Lubeck-Ulm. 19 (1): 548 p.