Euryhalinema pallustris Chakraborty & Mukherjee, 2021

Chakraborty, Sandeep, Maruthanayagam, Veerabadhran, Achari, Anushree, Pramanik, Arnab, Jaisankar, Parasuraman & Mukherjee, Joydeep, 2021, Aerofilum fasciculatum gen. nov., sp. nov. (Oculatellaceae) and Euryhalinema pallustris sp. nov. (Prochlorotrichaceae) isolated from an Indian mangrove forest, Phytotaxa 522 (3), pp. 165-186 : 182-183

Euryhalinema pallustris Chakraborty & Mukherjee sp. nov.

Description Thallus greenish in color, forming a mat-like biofilm. Filaments typically unbranched, straight, isopolar, attached to the soil surface (mainly sub-aerophytic) growing as an extensive mat-like biofilm. Cells of the intermediate trichome were larger in size than the cells towards apex, cells much longer than wide, cellular dimensions 1.1 - 1.6 µm (length) and 0.4 - 0.5 µm (width), mucilaginous sheath absent, cell contents homogeneous, green without any granulated appearance, aerotopes absent. No heterocytes and akinetes. Cell division takes place by asymmetrical binary fission. Reproductive propagation by the help of hormogonia.

Holotype: Holotype (AP3) deposited and cryopreserved in Microbial Culture Collection (MCC), India bearing an accession number MCC3172 .

Type locality: Sagar island (21.44.7N 88.7.2E) of the Indian Sundarbans, India.

Etymology: The specific epithet ‘ pallustris’ represents the swampy habitat of the strain from where it was collected.