Ultrastructural observations on five pioneer soil algae from ice denuded areas (King George Island, West Antarctica)

• Main Authors: Massalski,Andrzej, Mrozinska ,Teresa, Olech,Maria
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: Insitute of Biology, Dept. of Botany, Pedagogical University/Insitute of Biology, Dept. of Botany, Pedagogical University/Institute of Botany, Dept. of Polar Research, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland and Dept. of Antarctic Biology, Polish Academy of Sciences 2001
• Subjects: algae; Antarctica; soil; taxonomy; ultrastructure; King George Island; West Antarctica; Antarc*; Polar bioscience
• Online Access: https://nipr.repo.nii.ac.jp/?action=repository_uri&item_id=6166; http://id.nii.ac.jp/1291/00006166/; https://nipr.repo.nii.ac.jp/?action=repository_action_common_download&item_id=6166&item_no=1&attribute_id=18&file_no=1

Morphological observations were made using transmission electron microscopy on five species of green soil algae, including Chlorosarcinopsis cf. gelatinosa Chantanachat & Bold, Muriella decolor visher, Tetracystis aeria Brown & Bold, Tetracystis pampae Brown & bold, and Stichococcus bacillaris Nageli. With an exception of the latter species, they are all new records in Antarctica. These species were the important pioneers in the colonization process of the areas recently denuded of ice. Collection of Muriella decolor was the first record from a soil habitat.