CRYPTOMONAS-UNDULATA SPEC-NOV, A NEW FRESH-WATER CRYPTOPHYTE LIVING NEAR THE CHEMOCLINE

Authors
GERVAIS F
Citation
F. Gervais, CRYPTOMONAS-UNDULATA SPEC-NOV, A NEW FRESH-WATER CRYPTOPHYTE LIVING NEAR THE CHEMOCLINE, Nova Hedwigia, 65(1-4), 1997, pp. 353-364
Citations number
47
Categorie Soggetti
Plant Sciences
Journal title
Nova Hedwigia → ACNP
ISSN journal
00295035
Volume
65
Issue
1-4
Year of publication
1997
Pages
353 - 364
Database
ISI
SICI code
0029-5035(1997)65:1-4<353:CSANFC>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
A new freshwater species of the Cryptophyceae (Cryptomonas undulata) i s described on the basis of observations of cell morphology, phycobili protein pigment, habitat and behaviour in unialgal culture. The new sp ecies has a peculiar, undulate cell shape. It possesses one bilobed ch loroplast containing phycoerythrin III (566 nm). It can be distinguish ed from related species by its characteristic cell morphology and its special habitat - the region of the oxic/anoxic boundary layer.