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THREE CHLOROPHYCEAE FROM ALABAMA SOIL
Author(s) -
Deason Temd R.
Publication year - 1959
Publication title -
american journal of botany
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.218
H-Index - 151
eISSN - 1537-2197
pISSN - 0002-9122
DOI - 10.1002/j.1537-2197.1959.tb07054.x
Subject(s) - biology , pyrenoid , chlorophyceae , herbarium , botany , zoospore , algae , genus , type (biology) , green algae , ecology , chlorophyta , spore , chloroplast , biochemistry , gene
D eason , T emd R. (U. Texas, Austin.) Three Chlorophyceae from Alabama soil. Amer. Jour. Bot. 46(8): 572–578. Illus. 1959.— Three new algae from Alabama soil are described as follows: Spongiococcum gen. nov., with 2 species, S. tetrasporum sp. nov. and S. alabamense sp. nov. The distinguishing attributes of the genus Spongiococcum are: (1) possession of a sponge‐like plastid; (2) presence of pyrenoids; and (3) Chlamydomonas ‐type zoospores. The description of the genus Chlorosarcina Gerneck is emended with respect to zoospore type, and Chlorosarcina stigmatica sp. nov. is described. Cultures of these organisms have been deposited in the Culture Collection of Algae, Department of Botany, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, and herbarium specimens have been sent to the Chicago Natural History Museum, Chicago, Illinois.