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Acaryochloris

Generic name: ACARYOCHLORIS Miyashita et Chihara in Miyashita, Ikemoto, Kurano, Miyachi et Chihara, 2003. J. Phycol. 39: 1249
Synonyms:
Diagnosis:
Myiashita et al. (2003):
Cells are spheroidal or ellipsoidal. They are sheathed and nonmotile. The cells contain chl d as a major pigment. Phycobilisomes are absent. Thylakoids are appressed peripherally. Gas vacuole is absent.

Etymology:
Myiashita et al. (2003): Acaryochloris (A.cary.o.chlo'.ris. Gr. pref. a, without; Gr. comp. caryo-, nucleus-; Gr. adj. chloros, green; M.L. fem. n. Acaryochloris, without nucleus green)

Type species: Acaryochloris marina Miyashita et Chihara 2003
Descriptions:
Myiashita et al. (2003): Cells
are spheroidal or ellipsoidal. They are sheathed and nonmotile. The
cells contain chl d as a major pigment. Phycobilisomes are absent.
Thylakoids are appressed peripherally. Gas vacuole is absent.
Genotype differences, molecular
data:
Acaryochloris Myiashita et al. (2003)
Reproduction strategies, life
cycles, cell division:
Myiashita et al. (2003): Reproduction is performed asexually by binary division.
Ultrastructure:
Taxonomic position, higher hierarchy:
Ecology, ecophysiology, ecological
significance:
Myiashita et al. (2003): Mainly as a symbiont in colonial ascidians. [type species]
Physiology and biochemistry:
Distribution, endemism, problematic
citations:
Myiashita et al. (2003): The shallow waters of the Republic of Palau, probably widely
distributed in the tropical and subtropical marine coastal environment.
Growth characteristics. Heterotrophic growth in the light or dark was not observed even in various. [type species]
Reference strain:
Myiashita et al. (2003): Isolated from algal suspension squeezed out from Lissodinum patella
Gottschaldt collected at "Milky Way" in the coast of the Republic of
Palau on 10 August 1993. Acaryochloris marina MBIC11017.
Infrageneric scheme, species concept:
List of species:
Acaryochloris marina Miyashita et Chihara 2003
Keys:
List of stains:
Drawings:
Application technology:
Literature:

  2.1 taxonomy: Myiashita 2003
  2.2 cytomorphology:
  2.3 16S rRNA sequencing:
  2.4 biology and life cycles:
  2.5 ecology: