Geminocystis papuanica Korelusová, Kaštovský, and Komárek, 2009

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Geminocystis papuanica Korelusová, Kaštovský, and Komárek, 2009 ( Fig. 1 )

Cells form a small colony or solitary, often double, blue green or dark grey in color. Cell cyanoprokaryotic, spherical or oval, irregularly or parallelly striated, slightly keritomized, 3.9-5.8 μm in diameter. Divided by binary fis- sion, hemispherical and a short time two together after division.

Ecology. This species was isolated on the wet soil surface of tropical forests ( Korelusová et al., 2009), and in this study from gravel submerged in freshwater.

Distribution. Papua-New Guinea ( Korelusová et al., 2009).

Site of collection. Site 1.

Specimen locality: FBCC-A202.

Order Coleofasciculales Strunecký and Mareš, 2023 Family Coleofasciculaceae J.Komárek, J.Kaštovský, Mareš, and J.R.Johansen, 2014

Genus Allocoleopsis Moreira-Fernandes, Giraldo-Silva, D.Roush, and Garcia-Pichel, 2021

Figures

Fig. 1. Microscopic photographs of Geminocystis papuanica from the strain FBCC-A202. (A, B) Colony and cell colors, (C-G) Keritomic content and cell division. Scale bars=10μm.