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

Contrast Anoxygenic Phototrophic Bacteria
Archaea
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Morphology Microcoleus
CELLULAR  
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Specialized structures These oscillatorian type trichomes are characterized by the presence of a common, homogeneous sheath. It surrounds several parallel trichomes that are often spirally and tightly interwoven.

In axenic culture, some workers have found that the common sheath disappears, eg. PCC 7420 (Rippka et al. 1979). In other cultures (see Javor and Castenholz 1981), fascicles of trichomes were maintained with thin common sheaths, particularly under unidirectional light (Pearson et al. 1979).

Division  
COLONIAL  
Solid surface  
Liquid one species in particular has been studied extensively but mainly as feral material from intertidal mats (M. chthonoplastes Thuret). Although cultures (including axenic) have been used at times (Pearson et al. 1979, 1981; Javor and Castenholz, 1981), little characterization of Microcoleus has come from work with cultures

 

Growth Parameters Microcoleus
PHYSIOLOGICAL  
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Unique features and
ENVIRONMENTAL  
Habitat Several species from marine and freshwater have been described (Geitler, 1932),
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Genome Microcoleus
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Reference  
First citation Desmazieres 1823 cited by Castenholz no specific reference
The Prokaryotes  
Bergey's Systematatic p 1780 R.W. Castenholz
Bergey's Determinative p 394
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