Capsosira brebissonii Kützing ex Bornet and Flahault

Lee, Mi-Ae Song and Ok-Min, 2017, A study of six newly recorded species of cyanobacteria (Cyanophyceae, Cyanophyta) in Korea, Journal of Species Research 6 (2), pp. 154-162 : 155-157

Capsosira brebissonii Kützing ex Bornet and Flahault

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Cells forming heteropolar colonies are arranged in a row or irregularly in mucilaginous sheath. Colonies are either connected to each other or, attached to the substrate. Cells are 2­8 μm in diameter, has subspherical, spherical, or rounded­polygonal shape, with blue­green content. C. lowei is similar this species but, C. lowei was collected as a phycobiont from the lichen Hydrotheria venosa ( Casamatta et al., 2006).

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Ecology: Attached to aquatic plants, stones and submerg­ ed wood in swamps and on wet rocks ( Guiry and Guiry, 2016). We collected this species from the surface of stoneworks (Yeondae small temple) on Aug 21, 2009.

Distribution: Europe: Ukraine ( Vinogradova, 2016); North America: Tennessee ( Johansen et al., 2007); Asia: China ( Hu and Wei, 2006); Australia and New Zealand: Queensland ( Day et al., 1995; Phillips, 2002, Bostock and Holland, 2010).

Site of Collection: Site 3

Figures

Fig. 2. Microscopic photographs of Capsosira brebissonii Kützing ex Bornet and Flahault, taken from the fixed samples. Scale bars repre­ sent 10μm.