Pleurotaenium is a genus of green algae, specifically of the desmids (Desmidiaceae).[1]
Morphology
Long, cylindrical, bilaterally symmetrical unicells with blunt ends. Ring-like thickening in the central area where the two semicells join. In a good specimen, very delightful to look at due to obvious intracellular activity, especially at the ends.
Reproduction
Asexual: cells arise from the partitioned parent cell
Sexual: Conjugation (transmission of DNA through nucleus fusion to form a hypnozygote or zygospore, which is a term for a zygote that lies dormant until optimal conditions arise)
References
- ^ See the NCBI webpage on Pleurotaenium. Data extracted from the "NCBI taxonomy resources". National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 2007-03-19.
External links
- Guiry, M.D.; Guiry, G.M. "Pleurotaenium". AlgaeBase. University of Galway.
- AlgaTerra database
- Index Nominum Genericorum