Emendation of the Coccoid Cyanobacterial Genus Gloeocapsopsis and Description of the New Species Gloeocapsopsis diffluens sp. nov. and Gloeocapsopsis dulcis sp. nov. Isolated From the Coastal Range of the Atacama Desert (Chile)

Emendation of the Coccoid Cyanobacterial Genus Gloeocapsopsis and Description of the New Species Gloeocapsopsis diffluens sp. nov. and Gloeocapsopsis dulcis sp. nov. Isolated From the Coastal Range of the Atacama Desert (Chile)

The taxonomy of coccoid cyanobacteria, such as Chroococcidiopsis, Pleurocapsa, Chroococcus, Gloeothece, Gloeocapsa, Gloeocapsopsis, and the related recent genera Sinocapsa and Aliterella, can easily be intermixed when solely compared on a morphological basis. There is still little support on the tax...

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Main Authors: Patrick Jung, Armando Azua-Bustos, Carlos Gonzalez-Silva, Tatiana Mikhailyuk, Daniel Zabicki, Andreas Holzinger, Michael Lakatos, Burkhard Büdel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
Chroococcidiopsis
Gloeocapsopsis
Atacama Desert
Chroococcidiopsidales
polyphasic approach
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2021.671742/full

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