Kamptonema O.Strunecký, J.Komárek & J.Smarda, 2014
Holotype species: Kamptonema animale (Gomont) Strunecký, Komárek & J.Smarda
Original publication and holotype designation: Strunecký, O., Komárek, J. & Smarda, J. (2014). Kamptonema (Microcoleaceae, Cyanobacteria), a new genus derived from the polyphyletic Phormidium on the basis of combined molecular and cytomorphological markers. Preslia (Prague) 86: 193-207.
Request PDFDescription: Filaments solitary without sheaths, or with very fine, facultative and diffluent sheaths, sometimes with several to many trichomes associated more or less in parallel without common firm sheaths. The fascicles are not enveloped in slime. Trichomes simple, cylindrical along their whole length (up to the end), uniseriate, pale bluegreen, slightly constricted or unconstricted at cross-walls, motile, (2.5) 3-5 (5.3) µm wide. Cells isodiametric or slightly longer or shorter than wide. End cells rounded, bent and hooked without calyptra, 2-3 end cells usually bent or folded from the longitudinal axis, with distinct movement. All cells are capable of division (without meristematic zones). The cell content is heterogenous, sometimes with a slightly more distinct peripheral chromatoplasma. Arrangement of thylakoids in cells is parietal or semiparietal with a circular pattern containing bundles of thylakoids, crossing the interior of cells. Solitary granules of polyphosphate and cyanophycin are present in cells.
Origin of description: this description is from the original publication; it may have been modified slightly. The most recent alteration to this page was made on 2023-03-03 by M.D. Guiry.
Taxonomic status: This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Gender: This genus name is currently treated as neuter.
Most recent taxonomic treatment adopted: Strunecký, O., Ivanova, A.P. & Mares, J. (2022 '2023'). An updated classification of cyanobacterial orders and families based on phylogenomic and polyphasic analysis (Review). Journal of Phycology 59(1): 12-51.
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Descriptions of chrysophyte genera were subsequently published in J. Kristiansen & H.R. Preisig (eds.). 2001. Encyclopedia of Chrysophyte Genera. Bibliotheca Phycologica 110: 1-260.
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 03 March 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 21 November 2024
