Planktothrix rubescens (De Candolle. ex Gomont) Anagnostidis & Komárek
- 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
- Planktothrix
- species
- Planktothrix rubescens
description
DESCRIPTION. — Trichome solitary, straight, gradually attenuated at the end, not constricted at the cross-walls; cells granulated, mostly granulated at the septa; apical cell capitate with convex calyptra (Fig. 8 G). DIMENSION. — Trichome 6.2 - 8.0 µm broad and cells 2.1 - 4.1 µm long. ENVIRONMENT & HABITAT. — Freshwater species; lake; temperature 4 ° C.