Oscillatoria tenuis 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 tenuis; Antarc*; Antarctica; East Antarctica
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7858133; http://treatment.plazi.org/id/744387838A40FFB7FC524D9BFDFF9A3C

Oscillatoria tenuis C.Agardh ex Gomont Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Botanique, Série 7 (16): 220 (1892). Desikachary, Cyanophyta 222, t. 42, f. 15 (Desikachary 1959). Komárek & Anagn., Cyanoprokaryota Part 2: Oscillatoriales 19 (2): 587, 878 (Komárek & Anagnostidis 2005). DESCRIPTION. — Trichome more or less straight or very slightly curved, very slightly constricted or not constricted at the crosswalls; not attenuated at the apices but very slightly rarely curved at the end, not capitate; septa mostly granulated; apical cell more or less hemispherical or rounded; outer membrane sometimes slightly thickened (Fig. 8M). DIMENSION. — Trichome 5.8-11.5 µm broad and cells 2.13-3.5 µm long. ENVIRONMENT & HABITAT. — Freshwater species; free-floating, wet rocks & moist stones; temperature 2°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 pages 246-247, DOI:10.5252/cryptogamie-algologie2021v42a15, http://zenodo.org/record/7819309