Phormidium ambiguum Gomont 1892
- Dataset
- First report of diversity of Cyanobacteria of Broknes Peninsula of Larsemann Hills, East Antarctica
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Bacteria
- phylum
- Cyanobacteria
- class
- Cyanophyceae
- order
- Nostocales
- family
- Oscillatoriaceae
- genus
- Phormidium
- species
- Phormidium ambiguum
description
DESCRIPTION. — Filament elongate; sheath thin, firm, mucilaginous, colourless, sometime thicker diffluent, sometimes more or less lamellated; trichome slightly constricted or sometimes not constricted at the cross-walls; end not attenuated, not capitate, blue-green; cells not granulated at the cross-walls or sometimes granulated; end cell rounded, calyptra absent (Fig. 8 I). DIMENSION. — Trichome 3.5 - 7. 8 µm broad and cells 1.2 - 3.4 µm long. ENVIRONMENT & HABITAT. — Freshwater and marine species; wet rocks, free-floating & benthic in stagnant water; temperature 3.5 ° C.
Name
- Homonyms
- Phormidium ambiguum Gomont 1892