Czech Phycology 4: 1-18, 2004

Taxonomic review of the cyanoprokaryotic genera Planktothrix and Planktothricoides

Taxonomický přehled rodů Planktothrix a Planktothricoides (Cyanoprokaryota)

Jiří Komárek1,3, Jaroslava Komárková2,3
1 Institute of Botany AS CR, Dukelská 135, CZ-37982 Třeboň, Czech Republic
2 Institute of Hydrobiology AS CR, Na Sádkách 7, CZ-37005 České Budějovice, Czech Republic
3 Faculty of Biological Sciences, Univ. of South Bohemia, Branišovská 31, CZ-37005 České Budějovice, Czech Republic

The cyanoprokaryotic/cyanobacterial genera Planktothrix and Planktothricoides belong to the planktic filamentous phormidiacean types. They are well characterized and delimited by phenotype, ultrastructure, and mainly by genetic criteria (molecular
sequencing). However, their intrageneric diversity, which is important for ecological research (eutrophication of water reservoirs, toxicity), is complicated, and the classification on the specific level is difficult. The problematics of species identification is discussed in the present review. - The study was supported by the grants EU "MIDI-CHIP EVK2-1999-00213", and GACR No. "KSK 6005114".

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