Cyanosarcina burmensis (Skuja) Kovácik

Gupta, Pratibha, 2021, First report of diversity of Cyanobacteria of Broknes Peninsula of Larsemann Hills, East Antarctica, Cryptogamie, Algologie 20 (15), pp. 241-251 : 244-245

Cyanosarcina burmensis (Skuja) Kovácik

Archiv für Hydrobiologie 80: 177 ( Kovácik 1988). — Basionym: Myxosarcina burmensis Skuja, Zur Süsswasseralgenflora Burmas 21, t. 1, f. 12 ( Skuja1949).

DESCRIPTION. — Cells more or less angular with rounded corners, almost arranged in transverse and vertical series, pale blue-green or olive-green, homogenous or finely granular; sheath very thin, mucilaginous, hyaline; colonies when young 4 cells ( Fig. 8C ).

DIMENSION. — Cells 2.0-3.5 µm in diameter.

ENVIRONMENT & HABITAT. — Freshwater species; free-floating in water bodies; temperature 2.5°C.

Figures

FIG. 8. — Cyanoprokaryotes of Broknes Peninsula. A, Chroococcus minutus (Kütz.) Nägeli; B, Gloeocapsa biformis Ercegovic; C, Cyanosarcina burmensis Skuja, D, Oscillatoria anguina (Bory) Gomont; E, Oscillatoria curviceps C.Agardh ex Gomont; F, Oscillatoria limosa C.Agardh ex Gomont; G, Planktothrix rubescens (DC. ex Gomont) Anagn. & Komárek; H, Lyngbya confervoides C.Agardh ex Gomont; I, Phormidium ambiguum Gomont; J, Phormidium bekesiense (I.Kiss) K.Kiss,; K, Oscillatoria jenensis G.Schmid; L, Phormidium subfuscum Kütz. ex Gomont; M, Oscillatoria tenuis C.Agardh ex Gomont; N, Aulosira fritschii Bharadwaja; O, Coleospermum goeppertianum (goppertianum) Kirch. ex Frank; P, Stigonema mesentericum Geitler. Scale bars: A, N, O, 30 µm; B, C, F, I, L, 10 µm; D, E, G, H, J, K, M, P, 20 µm.