Klebsormidium

Klebsormidium
Scientific classification Edit this classification
(unranked): Viridiplantae
(unranked): Charophyta
Class: Klebsormidiophyceae
Order: Klebsormidiales
Family: Klebsormidiaceae
Genus: Klebsormidium
P.C.Silva, Mattox & W.H.Blackwell[1][2]
Species

See species list.

Klebsormidium bilatum

Klebsormidium is a genus of filamentous charophyte green algae comprising 20 species.[1] The name was proposed in 1972 to resolve confusion in application and status of Hormidium[Note 1] and was given for the German botanist Georg Albrecht Klebs.[Note 2]

The algae occurs mostly in soil and on moist substrates, nevertheless, aquatic and one marine species are also known. Many Klebsormidium-species are able to synthesize substances for UV protection, the so-called mycosporine-like amino acids. The draft genome sequence of Klebsormidium nitens NIES-2285 (called K. flaccidum at the time of publication) was published in 2014.[3]

  1. ^ a b Guiry, M.D.; Guiry, G.M. (2008). "Klebsormidium". AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. Retrieved 2011-01-17.
  2. ^ Silva, P.C.; Mattox, K.R.; Blackwell, W.H. Jr (1972). "The generic name Hormidium as applied to green algae". Taxon. 21 (5/6): 639–645. doi:10.2307/1219167. JSTOR 1219167.
  3. ^ Hori, Koichi; et al. (2014). "Klebsormidium flaccidum genome reveals primary factors for plant terrestrial adaptation". Nature Communications. 5: 3978. Bibcode:2014NatCo...5.3978H. doi:10.1038/ncomms4978. PMC 4052687. PMID 24865297.


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