Biology:Crinalium epipsammum

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Short description: Species of bacterium

Crinalium epipsammum
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Cyanobacteria
Class: Cyanophyceae
Order: Oscillatoriales
Family: Gomontiellaceae
Genus: Crinalium
Species:
C. epipsammum
Binomial name
Crinalium epipsammum
Winder, Stal & Mur, 1992

Crinalium epipsammum is a filamentous, non-heterocystous, terrestrial cyanobacterium. The species is highly drought-resistant and was first identified from its role in forming crusts on coastal sand dunes in the Netherlands.[1][2]

References

  1. de Winder, B.; Stal, L. J.; Mur, L. R. (1 August 1990). "Crinalium epipsammum sp. nov.: a filamentous cyanobacterium with trichomes composed of elliptical cells and containing poly- -(1,4) glucar (cellulose)". Journal of General Microbiology 136 (8): 1645–1653. doi:10.1099/00221287-136-8-1645. 
  2. Vázquez, G. (2007). "The Role of Algal Mats on Community Succession in Dunes and Dune Slacks". in M. L.Martínez, N. P. Psuty. Coastal Dunes : Ecology and Conservation. Berlin: Springer. pp. 189–203. ISBN 978-3-540-74001-8. 

Guiry, M.D.; Guiry, G.M., "Crinalium epipsammum", AlgaeBase (World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway), https://www.algaebase.org/search/species/detail/?species_id=32516  Wikidata ☰ Q5185731 entry