Klisinema persicum Heidari and Hauer, 2018

Wang, Hye-Ryeung, Song, Ji-Ho, Lee, Nam-Ju, Kim, Do-Hyun & Lee, So-Won Kim and Ok-Min, 2024, Six newly recorded species of epilithic cyanobacteria isolated in Korea, Journal of Species Research 13 (1), pp. 10-31 : 14-15

Klisinema persicum Heidari and Hauer, 2018 ( Fig. 4 )

Filaments solitary, wavy or straight, blue-green or pale blue green in color. Sheaths thin, firm, colorless. Trichomes slightly constricted at cross-walls or not. Cells isodiametric or longer than wide or sometimes shorter than wide, 2.4-4.0 μm long, 3.1-4.0 μm wide. Apical cells conical, elongated up to 7 μm. Hormogonia are formed by necridic cells.

Ecology. This species was isolated on the soil around thermal springs (50℃) with high radiation background ( Heidari et al., 2018), and in this study from gravel submerged in freshwater.

Distribution. Mahallat, Markazi, Iran ( Heidari et al., 2018). Site of collection. Sites 4, 5.

Specimen locality: ACKU678, ACKU680.

Order Leptolyngbyales Strunecký and Mareš, 2023 Family Leptolyngbyaceae J.Komárek, J.Kaštovský, Mareš, and J.R.Johansen, 2014

Genus Scytolyngbya Gao-Fei Song, Yong-Guang Jiang, and Ren-Hui Li, 2015

Figures

Fig. 4. Microscopic photographs of Klisinema persicum from the strain ACKU678. (A, B) Arrangement of filament, (C) Morphology of tri- chome, (D) Necridic cells(nc), (E, F) Sheaths(sh) and apical cell of trichomes, (G, H) Apical cell of trichomes. Scale bars=(A) 50μm, (B- H) 10 μm.