Bibliographic Detail
Bohunická, M., Johansen, J.R. & Fucíková, K., 2011
Reference:
Bohunická, M., Johansen, J.R. & Fucíková, K. (2011). Tapinothrix clintonii sp. nov. (Pseudanabaenaceae, Cyanobacteria), a new species at the nexus of five genera. Fottea 11: 127-140.
Publication Date:
2011
Abstract:
A new species was isolated and characterized from Grand StaircaseEscalante National Monument. This
taxon shares morphological characteristics with five different genera, Ammatoidea, Homoeothrix, Leptolyngbya,
Phormidiochaete, and Tapinothrix. An argument could be made to place it in any of these genera, however, we
consider the most taxonomically correct genus for our pseudanabaenalean species to be Tapinothrix, and we
accordingly describe it as T. clintonii sp. nov. Phylogenetically, the taxon is closest to Leptolyngbya sensu stricto,
but it has very distinctive morphology and 16S23S ITS sequence and secondary structure that support our
conclusion to recognize Tapinothrix as a genus separate from Leptolyngbya.
