Cross Index | Crinalium |
SuperSet | Prokaryote, Eubacteria , Oxygenic Phototrophic Bacteria |
Compare | Cyanobacteria
Prochlorales Procloron didemni, Prochlorothrix hollandica |
Contrast | Anoxygenic
Phototrophic Bacteria Archaea |
Subset |
Morphology | Crinalium |
CELLULAR |
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Specialized structures | An oscillatorian-like trichome which is flattened to elliptical in cross-section rather than cylindrical or triradiate. The cross-walls are delicate and difficult to see. A thin sheath exists |
Division |
COLONIAL |
Solid surface | Little is known about this organism, since it has not yet been cultured. However, the two species have been seen in a few collections (see Desikachary 1959;Bourrelly 1985). |
Liquid |
Growth Parameters | Crinalium |
PHYSIOLOGICAL |
Tropism | |
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ENVIRONMENTAL |
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Distribution |
Genome | Crinalium |
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Reference | Crinalium |
First citation | Crow,W.B. 1927. Crinalium. a new genus of Cyanophyceae and its bearing on the morphology of the groupp. Ann. Bot (London) 41: 161-165 |
The Prokaryotes | |
Bergey's Systematatic | p 1779 R.W. Castenholz |
Bergey's Determinative | p 393 |
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