Plectolyngbya hodgsonii: a novel filamentous cyanobacterium from Antarctic lakes

peer reviewed A special cluster of filamentous, false-branched cyanobacteria, isolated from littoral mat samples in coastal lakes of the Larsemann Hills region (coll. by D. Hodgson) was studied by a polyphasic approach. This morphotype has several characters corresponding to the traditional genera L...

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Published in:Polar Biology
Main Authors: Taton, Arnaud, Wilmotte, Annick, Smarda, Jan, Elster, Josef, Komarek, Jiri
Other Authors: Centre for Protein Engineering
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Springer Science & Business Media B.V. 2011
Subjects:
cyanobacterium
Antarctica
Life sciences
Microbiology
Environmental sciences & ecology
Sciences du vivant
Microbiologie
Sciences de l’environnement & écologie
Antarc*
Antarctic
Antarctique*
Polar Biology
Online Access:https://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/105637
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-010-0868-y
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Summary:peer reviewed A special cluster of filamentous, false-branched cyanobacteria, isolated from littoral mat samples in coastal lakes of the Larsemann Hills region (coll. by D. Hodgson) was studied by a polyphasic approach. This morphotype has several characters corresponding to the traditional genera Leptolyngbya (morphology of trichomes), Pseudophormidium (type of false branching) or Schizothrix (occasional multiple arrangement of trichomes in the sheaths). However, this cluster of strains is distinctly isolated according to its phylogenetic position (based on 16S rRNA gene sequences), and thus, a separate generic classification is justified. The cytomorphology of this generic entity is also characteristic. Therefore, a new genus (Plectolyngbya with the type species P. hodgsonii) was described. MICROMAT, AMBIO

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