Chroococcus minutus (Kütz.) Nägeli

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

Chroococcus minutus (Kütz.) Nägeli

Gattungen einzelliger Algen 46 ( Nägeli 1849). Desikachary, Cyanophyta 103, t. 24, f. 4. ( Desikachary 1959). Komárek & Anagn., Cyanoprokaryota Part 1: Chroococcales 19 (1): 296, f. 391 ( Komárek & Anagnostidis 1998).

Protococcus minutus Kütz., Phycologia generalis 168 (1843).

DESCRIPTION. — Cells spherical or oblong, solitary or in group of 2-4 or sometimes 8 cells; pale green or homogeneous or granular; sheath lamellate, delimited rarely a little diffluent ( Fig. 8A ).

DIMENSION. — Cells 4.0-10.0 µm in diameter.

ENVIRONMENT & HABITAT. — Freshwater species; planktonic; temperature 1°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.