Fottea 10(1): 83-92, 2010 | DOI: 10.5507/fot.2010.003

Cyanobacterium Petalonema alatum BERK. ex KIRCHN. - species variability and diversity.

Bohuslav Uher
Department of Botany and Zoology, Masaryk University, Kotláøská 2, CZ-611 37 Brno, Czech Republic

Petalonema alatum is an interesting cyanobacterial species of subaerial calcareous habitats in gorges of the National Park Slovenský raj, Slovakia. Observation of different morphological forms in natural and culture materials is demonstrated and discussed. Cultures of P. alatum differed from natural populations mainly in the width of the filament apex, massiveness of mucilage sheaths, and degree of heteropolarity. This means that these features are more likely controlled by environmental variables. Other characteristics (heteropolarity, false branching, sheath structure) were found to be stable and consequently can have taxonomical importance.

Keywords: cyanobacterium, Petalonema alatum, Microchaetaceae, subaerial habitat, morphometric analysis, National Park Slovenský raj, Slovakia

Received: February 20, 2009; Accepted: May 9, 2009; Published: March 1, 2010  Show citation

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