Aegeococcus

Taxonavigation

Prokaryota
Superregnum: Bacteria
Group: Terrabacteria group
Group: Cyanobacteria/Melainabacteria group
Phylum: Cyanobacteria
Classis: Cyanophyceae
Subclassis: Synechococcophycideae
Ordo: Synechococcales
Genus: Aegeococcus

Species: A. anagnostidisi – A. thureti

Name

Aegeococcus D. Konstantinou & S. Gkelis, 2021

Type species: Aegeococcus anagnostidisi D. Konstantinou & S. Gkelis, 2021

Etymology: The Genus name derives from the Greek words Аἰγαίον (Aegeaon) – Aegean, referring to the Aegean Sea, and κόκκος (kokos) – granule.

Description

Cells solitary or grouped in irregular clusters, but not forming mucilaginous colonies. Mucilage fine, colorless, around single cells. Cells cylindrical, usually longer (1.17–4.42) than wide (0.61–1.3 μm), with parietal thylakoids. Color of cells is pinkish to pale orange. Reproduction by binary fission.

References

Konstantinou, D., Voultsiadou, E., Panteris, E. & Gkelis, S. 2021. Revealing new sponge-associated cyanobacterial diversity: Novel genera and species. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 155: 106991. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2020.106991