Misplaced Pages

Radaisia

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
Genus of bacteria

Radaisia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Cyanobacteria
Class: Cyanophyceae
Order: Pleurocapsales
Family: Hyellaceae
Genus: Radaisia
Sauvageau, 1895
Species

See text

Radaisia is a genus of coccoid cyanobacterium comprising about 10 identified species. It is a colonial cyanobacterium, the bacteria initially forming a round to irregularly shaped flat group of gelatinous or crustose cells attached to the substrate from which arise rows of pseudofilamentous cells in mucilaginous sheaths perpendicular to the initial colony. Apical cells of the pseodofilamentous sheaths are elongate compared to proximal cells in the sheath. Cell division in the genus is notably irregular, although usually perpendicular to the axis in the pseudofilament. The cells are light blue-green to reddish purple in color.

Species

Some species currently in this genus include:

References

  1. ^ Sheath, Robert G.; John D. Wehr (2003). Freshwater algae of North America: ecology and classification. Boston: Academic Press. pp. 108–110. ISBN 0-12-741550-5.
  2. Khattar, JIS; Singh, DP; Kaur, Gurpreet (2009). Algal Biology and Biotechnology. I K International Publishing House. ISBN 978-93-8002-619-0.
  • Guiry, M.D.; Guiry, G.M. (2008). "Radaisia". AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. Retrieved 2009-06-24.
Taxon identifiers
Radaisia


This Cyanobacteria-related article is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

Categories: