Gloeomargarita lithophora Moreira et al. 2017
Publication Details
Gloeomargarita lithophora Moreira et al. 2017: 567, fig. 1-3
Published in: Moreira, D., Tavera, R., Benzerara, K., Skouri-Panet, F., Couradeau, E., Gérard, E., Loussert Fonta, C., Novelo, E., Zivanovic, Y. & López-García, P. (2017). Description of Gloeomargarita lithophora gen. nov., sp. nov., a thylacoid-bearing, basal-branching cyanobacterium with intracellular carbonates, and proposal for Gloeomargaritales ord. nov. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 67(3): 653-658, 4 fig.
Publication date: online Apr. 3
Type Species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Gloeomargarita.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Type Information
Type locality: "Alchichica Lake (Mexico)"; (Moreira & al. 2017: 657) Holotype: FCME; PueAl-43a (Moreira & al. 2017: 657) Notes: "The type strain, Alchichica-D10 (=CCAP 1437/1=PMC 919.15), was isolated from microbialites of the alkaline Lake Alchichica (Mexico) preserved in laboratory aquaria at Orsay (France). The 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain is available in GenBank under accession number JQ733894. The holoptype [sic] of Gloeomargarita lithophora is the specimen PueAl-43a in the FCME Herbarium of the Faculty of Sciences at the UNAM."
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 24 January 2018 by Salvador Valenzuela Miranda.
Last updated: 24 January 2018
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Citing AlgaeBase
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 24 January 2018. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 22 November 2024
