Cyanophora sudae is a species of algae classified as a glaucophyte. It was first described as a distinct species in 2014, identified from a strain collected in Ibaraki, Japan.[1] It was named after the collector of the first strain, Dr. Soichiro Suda of University of the Ryukyus.[1]
Morphology
Cyanophora sudae cells have been described as being broad and bean-shaped, with sizes ranging from 9-12 μm in length and 4-9 μm in width.[1] Cells have anywhere between 2-8 plastids, although they generally have four.[1] Honeycomb-shaped patterns have been observed on the surface of C. sudae cells when viewed via SEM microscopy.[2]
Phylogeny
Within Cyanophora, C. sudae is considered to be most closely related to Cyanophora biloba, on the basis of the similarity of plastid and mitochondrial DNA.[3]
References
- ^ a b c d Takahashi, Toshiyuki; Sato, Mayuko; Toyooka, Kiminori; Matsuzaki, Ryo; Kawafune, Kaoru; Kawamura, Mai; Okuda, Kazuo; Nozaki, Hisayoshi (2014). "Five Cyanophora (Cyanophorales, Glaucophyta) species delineated based on morphological and molecular data". Journal of Phycology. 50 (6): 1058–1069. Bibcode:2014JPcgy..50.1058T. doi:10.1111/jpy.12236. ISSN 1529-8817. PMID 26988787.
- ^ Takahashi, Toshiyuki; Nozaki, Hisayoshi (March 2020). "The Ancient Plant Cell Now "Visible" — Native Ultrastructural Feature and Diversity of Glaucophytes Unveiled by Ultra-High Resolution FE-SEM". Scientific Instrument News. 14.
- ^ Russell, Sarah; Jackson, Christopher; Reyes-Prieto, Adrian (2021). "High Sequence Divergence but Limited Architectural Rearrangements in Organelle Genomes of Cyanophora (Glaucophyta) Species". Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology. 68 (1): e12831. doi:10.1111/jeu.12831. ISSN 1550-7408. PMID 33142007.