Pleurocapsales | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Bacteria |
Phylum: | Cyanobacteria |
Class: | Cyanophyceae |
Order: |
Pleurocapsales Geitler |
Families [1] | |
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The Pleurocapsales are an order of coccooid cyanobacteria. Pleurocapsales are characterized by having boocytes, specialized cells where multiple fission takes place. [2]
Their ecology is mainly endolytic and calcareous, they are found inside rocks and in low light conditions. [3] Pleurocapsales were thought to be related to Chroococcidiopsis but recent work with phylogenetics of the 16S rDNA gene has shown that Chroococcidiopsis belongs to its own order Chroococcidiopsidales. [4]
Some genera within Pleurocapsales form pseudo-ramifications such as Pleurocapsa sp., Odorella sp, and all the genera within the Hyellaceae family. [5]
Historically, the order Pleurocapsales has been one of the least studied orders of cyanobacteria, due to its endolithic ecology making them difficult to observe. [6]
Pleurocapsales | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Bacteria |
Phylum: | Cyanobacteria |
Class: | Cyanophyceae |
Order: |
Pleurocapsales Geitler |
Families [1] | |
|
The Pleurocapsales are an order of coccooid cyanobacteria. Pleurocapsales are characterized by having boocytes, specialized cells where multiple fission takes place. [2]
Their ecology is mainly endolytic and calcareous, they are found inside rocks and in low light conditions. [3] Pleurocapsales were thought to be related to Chroococcidiopsis but recent work with phylogenetics of the 16S rDNA gene has shown that Chroococcidiopsis belongs to its own order Chroococcidiopsidales. [4]
Some genera within Pleurocapsales form pseudo-ramifications such as Pleurocapsa sp., Odorella sp, and all the genera within the Hyellaceae family. [5]
Historically, the order Pleurocapsales has been one of the least studied orders of cyanobacteria, due to its endolithic ecology making them difficult to observe. [6]