Mass development of a filamentous and likely nitrophilous aerophytic green alga on tree bark: Apatococcus ammoniophilus sp. nov. (Chlorophyta, Trebouxiophyceae)

IntroductionA filamentous green alga forming significant biomass on twigs and needles was observed to have increased invasively in Denmark in recent decades. It was particularly abundant in coniferous plantations in western parts of Denmark that experience the highest modelled concentration of atmos...

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Published in:	Frontiers in Microbiology
Main Authors:	Ulrik Søchting, Thomas Friedl, Øjvind Moestrup, Felix Grewe, Yukun Sun, Yağmur Tarhana Çakır, Markus Ganzera, Karin Glaser, Svenja Heesch, Fabian Hammerle, Daniel Nimptsch, Birgit Olberg, Ulf Karsten
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2025-07-01
Subjects:	terrestrial epiphytic amplicon-based metabarcoding bioindication metagenomics Hormidium crenulatum Klebsormidium
Online Access:	https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2025.1633308/full