Cross Index Chamaesiphon
SuperSet Prokaryote, Eubacteria, Oxygenic Phototrophic Bacteria
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Prochlorales Procloron didemni, Prochlorothrix hollandica

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Archaea

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Morphology Chamaesiphon
CELLULAR  
Staining  
Morphology  
Motility non motile
Specialized structures Unicellular cyanobacteria with buds. Mother cell is 3.5-5 microns in diameter
Division Reproduce exclusively by budding.The small spherical buds are produced in succession at one pole of the mother cell. This mode of reproduction confers an intrinsic polarity on the cell.
COLONIAL  
Solid surface  
Liquid  

 

Growth Parameters Chamaesiphon
PHYSIOLOGICAL  
Tropism  
Oxygen  
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Temperature  
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Enzymes  
Unique features  
ENVIRONMENTAL  
Habitat freshwater
Lifestyle  
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Genome Chamaesiphon
G+C Mol % 46.7 -46.9
   

 

Reference Chamaesiphon
First citation Braun,A. and A. Grunow. 1865. In Rabenhorst's flora Europeaea algarum aquae dulcis et submarinae, section II. Eduard Kummer, Leipzig Germany pp 148-149
emended Geitler,L. 1925. Synoptische Darstellung der Cyanophyceen in morphologischer und systematischer Hinsicht. Beih. Bot. Zentralbl. 41:163-294
The Prokaryotes  
Bergey's Systematatic p 1730 J. W. Waterbury and R. Rippka
Bergey's Determinative p 382
References