Oscillatoria limosa C. Agardh ex Gomont

• Main Author: Gupta, Pratibha
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2021
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Bacteria; Cyanobacteria; Cyanophyceae; Nostocales; Oscillatoriaceae; Oscillatoria; Oscillatoria limosa; Antarc*; Antarctica; East Antarctica
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7858129; http://treatment.plazi.org/id/744387838A40FFB8FC4D4F9AFAD29D2F

Oscillatoria limosa C.Agardh ex Gomont Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Botanique, Série 210 , t.6/6, f. 13 (Gomont 1892). Desikachary, Cyanophyta 206, t. 42, f. 11 (Desikachary 1959). Komárek & Anagn., Cyanoprokaryota Part 2: Oscillatoriales 19 (2): 593, f. 886 (Komárek & Anagnostidis 2005). DESCRIPTION. — Trichome dull blue-green to brownish, more or less straight, sometimes slightly curved, not constricted at the crosswalls or slightly constricted; cross-walls usually frequently granulated; end cell flatly rounded or obtuse-rounded with slightly thickened outer membrane (Fig. 8F). DIMENSION. — Trichome 5.1-9.6 µm broad and cells 1.5-5.0 µm long. ENVIRONMENT & HABITAT. — Freshwater species; stagnant/free/ slow-floating in the form of mats; temperature 1°C. 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 246, DOI:10.5252/cryptogamie-algologie2021v42a15, http://zenodo.org/record/7819309