Aerofilum Chakraborty et Mukherjee, 2021

Chakraborty, Sandeep, Maruthanayagam, Veerabadhran, Achari, Anushree, Pramanik, Arnab, Jaisankar, Parasuraman & Mukherjee, Joydeep, 2021, Aerofilum fasciculatum gen. nov., sp. nov. (Oculatellaceae) and Euryhalinema pallustris sp. nov. (Prochlorotrichaceae) isolated from an Indian mangrove forest, Phytotaxa 522 (3), pp. 165-186 : 182

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/phytotaxa.522.3.1
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5560377
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/91458788-FF95-070A-FF5E-41F03A3484A1
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Aerofilum Chakraborty et Mukherjee
status	gen. nov.

Treatment

Aerofilum Chakraborty et Mukherjee , gen. nov.

Thallus blue-green, growth like fascicles or bundles. Filaments isopolar, uniseriate, unbranched, cells slightly longer than their width, cell length ranged from 1.4 - 2.1 µm and width 0.9 - 1.1 µm. Cross walls have distinct constrictions.

Type species (designated here): Aerofilum fasciculatum Chakraborty et Mukherjee

Etymology: The generic epithet “ Aerofilum ” is derived from Aero Greek for ‘air’ as the strain possesses gas vesicles (aerotopes) and filum Greek for ‘filament’.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Bacteria
Phylum	Cyanobacteria
Class	Cyanophyceae
Order	Synechococcales
Family	Oculatellaceae

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