Pleurotaenium is a genus of green algae, specifically of the desmids (Desmidiaceae).[1]
| Pleurotaenium | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Clade: | Viridiplantae |
| (unranked): | Charophyta |
| Class: | Zygnematophyceae |
| Order: | Desmidiales |
| Family: | Desmidiaceae |
| Genus: | Pleurotaenium |
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Morphology
editLong, cylindrical, bilaterally symmetrical unicells with blunt ends. Ring-like thickening in the central area where the two semicells join. In a good specimen, very delightful to look at due to obvious intracellular activity, especially at the ends.
Reproduction
editAsexual: cells arise from the partitioned parent cell
Sexual: Conjugation (transmission of DNA through nucleus fusion to form a hypnozygote or zygospore, which is a term for a zygote that lies dormant until optimal conditions arise)
References
edit- ^ See the NCBI webpage on Pleurotaenium. Data extracted from the "NCBI taxonomy resources". National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 2007-03-19.
External links
edit- Guiry, M.D.; Guiry, G.M. "Pleurotaenium". AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway.
- AlgaTerra database
- Index Nominum Genericorum
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