Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2023
Publication Title
Journal of Phycology
Abstract
In 2019, cyanobacterial samples were collected from thermal sites in Yellowstone National
Park. In this paper, we discuss the considerable richness of representatives of simple filamen- tous cyanobacteria. Using a polyphasic approach, one new genus, Copelandiella, with two species
(C. yellowstonensis and C. thermalis) and eight additional new species Albertania prattii, K. anagnostidisii, Kovacikia brockii, Leptolyngbya tildenae, L. vaporiphila, Nodosilinea calida, N. igneolacustris, and Oculatella castenholzii were described. At the same time, by analyzing our new molecular data, we concluded that other genera of trichal cyanobacteria can be merged with existing genera: species within the genus Plectolyngbya are herein transferred to Leptolyngbya, and if some nomenclatural issues are resolved, species within the genus Leptothermofonsia will be subsequently transferred to the genus Kovacikia, an earlier synonym.
Recommended Citation
Kaštovský, Jan; Johansen, Jeffrey R.; Hauerová, Radka; and Akagha, Mildred, "Hot Is Rich—An Enormous Diversity of Simple Trichal Cyanobacteria from Yellowstone Hot Springs" (2023). 2023 Faculty Bibliography. 58.
https://collected.jcu.edu/fac_bib_2023/58
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