Gloeocapsopsis aurea, a new subaerophytic cyanobacterium from maritime Antarctica

The cyanobacterial flora of maritime Antarctica appears to contain many endemic species and only few cosmopolitan or wider-distributed taxa. Several morphospecies that have been erroneously identified in the past following available keys from temperate or tropical zones belong in fact to little-know...

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spelling todo:paper_07224060_v27_n10_p623_Mataloni2023-10-03T15:37:00Z Gloeocapsopsis aurea, a new subaerophytic cyanobacterium from maritime Antarctica Mataloni, G. Komárek, J. cyanobacterium endemic species geographical distribution new species taxonomy Antarctic Peninsula Antarctica King George Island South Shetland Islands West Antarctica algae Cyanobacteria The cyanobacterial flora of maritime Antarctica appears to contain many endemic species and only few cosmopolitan or wider-distributed taxa. Several morphospecies that have been erroneously identified in the past following available keys from temperate or tropical zones belong in fact to little-known and poorly described Antarctic cyanobacteria. Here we describe the taxonomy of one such example, the colonial species Gloeocapsopsis aurea. This cyanobacterium produces irregular, packet-like colonies that form black mats, films and crusts. Based on analysis of algal samples from Punta Cierva (Antarctic Peninsula) and King George Island (South Shetland Islands), this taxon is widely distributed in coastal, deglaciated areas of the maritime Antarctic. It is an important, often dominating, ecotype, mostly colonising irrigated rocks but also found in a variety of other aquatic and semi-aquatic habitats under a wide range of conductivities, pH and nutrient regimes. © Springer-Verlag 2004. Fil:Mataloni, G. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales; Argentina. JOUR info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ar http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_07224060_v27_n10_p623_Mataloni
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topic cyanobacterium
endemic species
geographical distribution
new species
taxonomy
Antarctic Peninsula
Antarctica
King George Island
South Shetland Islands
West Antarctica
algae
Cyanobacteria
spellingShingle cyanobacterium
endemic species
geographical distribution
new species
taxonomy
Antarctic Peninsula
Antarctica
King George Island
South Shetland Islands
West Antarctica
algae
Cyanobacteria
Mataloni, G.
Komárek, J.
Gloeocapsopsis aurea, a new subaerophytic cyanobacterium from maritime Antarctica
topic_facet cyanobacterium
endemic species
geographical distribution
new species
taxonomy
Antarctic Peninsula
Antarctica
King George Island
South Shetland Islands
West Antarctica
algae
Cyanobacteria
description The cyanobacterial flora of maritime Antarctica appears to contain many endemic species and only few cosmopolitan or wider-distributed taxa. Several morphospecies that have been erroneously identified in the past following available keys from temperate or tropical zones belong in fact to little-known and poorly described Antarctic cyanobacteria. Here we describe the taxonomy of one such example, the colonial species Gloeocapsopsis aurea. This cyanobacterium produces irregular, packet-like colonies that form black mats, films and crusts. Based on analysis of algal samples from Punta Cierva (Antarctic Peninsula) and King George Island (South Shetland Islands), this taxon is widely distributed in coastal, deglaciated areas of the maritime Antarctic. It is an important, often dominating, ecotype, mostly colonising irrigated rocks but also found in a variety of other aquatic and semi-aquatic habitats under a wide range of conductivities, pH and nutrient regimes. © Springer-Verlag 2004.
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Komárek, J.
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Komárek, J.
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title Gloeocapsopsis aurea, a new subaerophytic cyanobacterium from maritime Antarctica
title_short Gloeocapsopsis aurea, a new subaerophytic cyanobacterium from maritime Antarctica
title_full Gloeocapsopsis aurea, a new subaerophytic cyanobacterium from maritime Antarctica
title_fullStr Gloeocapsopsis aurea, a new subaerophytic cyanobacterium from maritime Antarctica
title_full_unstemmed Gloeocapsopsis aurea, a new subaerophytic cyanobacterium from maritime Antarctica
title_sort gloeocapsopsis aurea, a new subaerophytic cyanobacterium from maritime antarctica
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_07224060_v27_n10_p623_Mataloni
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