THREE CHLOROPHYCEAE FROM ALABAMA SOIL
THREE CHLOROPHYCEAE FROM ALABAMA SOIL
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阿拉巴马州土壤中的三种绿藻
DOI:
10.1002/j.1537-2197.1959.tb07054.x
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发表时间:
1959
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3
通讯作者:
T. R. Deason
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作者:
T. R. Deason
DEASON, TEMD R. (U. Texas, Austin.) Three Chlorophyceae from Alabama soil. Amer. Jour. Bot. 46(8): 572-578. Illus. 1959.Three new algae from Alabama soil are described as follows: Spongiococcum gen. nov., with 2 species, S. tetrasporum sp. nov. and S. alabamense sp. nov. The distinguishing attributes of the genus Spongiococcum are: (1) possession of a sponge-like plastid; (2) presence of pyrenoids; and (3) Chlamydomonas-type zoospores. The description of the genus Chlorosarcina Gerneck is emended with respect to zoospore type, and Chlorosarcina stigmatica sp. nov. is described. Cultures of these organisms have been deposited in the Culture Collection of Algae, Department of Botany, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, and herbarium specimens have been sent to the Chicago Natural History Museum, Chicago, Illinois. THE IMPORTANCE of careful study of unicellular, spherical, zoospore-producing chlorophycean algae as a basis for their classification has been emphasized by Bold (1950, 1958), Starr (1955), Herndon (1958), and Arce and Bold (1958). Starr (1955) employed the following criteria for delimiting genera in this group of algae: (1) chromatophore type; (2) presence or absence of pyrenoids; (3) zoospore type (i.e., whether walled or unwalled and nature of flagellation). Herndon (1958) extended these criteria successfully to the genera of the order Chlorosphaerales which he prqposed. The algae described in the present report were isolated during a study of some algae of the Black Belt soils of Alabama. The descriptions of the organisms are in terms of the criteria of Starr (1955). MATERIAL AND METHODS.-The organisms were isolated in September, 1957. Methods of isolation and cultivation were essentially those of Bold (1949) and Starr (1955). The basic medium for cultivation was the inorganic salt medium used by Bold; this supported good growth in the organisms ' Received for publication February 15, 1959. From a thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in the University of Alabama. The writer gratefully acknowledges the guidance and encouragement of Dr. Walter Herndon throughout the course of this investigation. The writer further acknowledges the use of the facilities of the Research Committee of the University of Alabama. He also is grateful to Dr. Hannah Croasdale for preparing the Latin descriptions. here described. Soil-water and soil-extract media also were used for comparative observations. Cultures were grown under fluorescent illumination (12-hr. light, 12-hr. dark) of approximately 120 ft.-c. intensity at temperature of about 22?C. Stains used to supplement observations of living material included Heidenhain's hematoxylin, the Feulgen technique, and acetocarmine preparations. The cellulose nature of certain wall layers was demonstrated by the Post and Laudermilk (1942) test. Tests for pectin used were Ruthenium red, as confirmed by pectinase. Drawings were prepared with the aid of a Bausch and Lomb camera lucida. Photomicrographs were taken with a Leitz Micam