Emendation of the Coccoid Cyanobacterial Genus <i>Gloeocapsopsis</i> and Description of the New Species <i>Gloeocapsopsis diffluens</i> sp. nov. and <i>Gloeocapsopsis dulcis</i> sp. nov. Isolated From the Coastal Range of the Atacama Desert (Chile).

ABSTRACT: The taxonomy of coccoid cyanobacteria, such as Chroococcidiopsis, Pleurocapsa, Chroococcus, Gloeothece, Gloeocapsa, Gloeocapsopsis, and the related recent genera Sinocapsa and Aliterella, can easily be intermixed when solely compared on a morphological basis. There is still little support on the taxonomic position of some of the addressed genera, as genetic information is available only for a fraction of species that have been described solely on morphology. Modern polyphasic approaches that combine classic morphological investigations with DNA-based molecular analyses and the evaluation of ecological properties can disentangle these easily confusable unicellular genera. By using such an approach, we present here the formal descriptio

SUBMITTER: Jung P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8295473 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature