Merismopedia

Merismopedia
Merismopedia sp.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Cyanobacteria
Order:	Chroococcales
Genus:	Merismopedia Meyen, 1839[1]
Species
M. affixa M. angularis M. artica M. cantonensis M. chondroidea M. convoluta M. danubiana M. duplex M. elegans M. ferrophila M. glauca M. insignis M. litoralis M. marssonii M. minima M. paludosa M. punctata M. quadruplicata M. remota M. revoluta M. revolutivum M. sinica M. smithii M. tenuissima M. thermalis M. trolleri M. venezuelica M. warmingiana

Merismopedia (from the Greek merismos [division] and the Greek pedion [plain]) is a genus of cyanobacteria found in fresh and salt water. It is ovoid or spherical in shape and arranged in rows and flats, forming rectangular colonies held together by a mucilaginous matrix. Species in this genus divide in only two directions, creating a characteristic grid-like pattern.^[2]

References

1. Meyen, F.J.F. (1839). Neues system der pflanzen-physiologie. Dritter band. pp. i-x, 1-627, Plates X-XV. Berlin: Haude und Spenersche Buchandlung (S.J. Joseephy).
2. Palinska, Katarzyna A.; Liesack, Werner; Rhiel, Erhard; Krumbein, W. E. (17 October 1996). "Phenotype variability of identical genotypes: the need for a combined approach in cyanobacterial taxonomy demonstrated on Merismopedia -like isolates". Archives of Microbiology. 166 (4): 224–233. doi:10.1007/s002030050378.

External links

• NCBI Taxonomy: Merismopedia
• Guiry, M.D.; Guiry, G.M. (2008). "Merismopedia". AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway.