Plant Systematics and Evolution

, Volume 142, Issue 1–2, pp 129–135 | Cite as

EineAnabaena-artige Cyanophycee mit auffallendem Zellteilungs- und Fadenzerfallsrhythmus

  • Lothar Geitler
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On anAnabaena-likeCyanophycea and its conspicuous rhythm of cell division and filament breakage

Abstract

This paper deals with a filamentousCyanophycea from aSphagnum bog whose position in the current system is dubious. A characteristic feature, among others, is a certain rhythm of cell division and bipartition of the filaments. As a consequence, only 8-, 16- and 32-celled filaments are present in the population. An occasional disturbance of the rhythm is transitory. In the longitudinal direction the filaments exhibit mirror symmetry in regard to their middle.

Key words

Cyanophyceae Anabaena Pseudanabaena Rhythmic cell division and bipartition of filaments 

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Authors and Affiliations

  • Lothar Geitler
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  1. 1.Institut für BotanikUniversität WienWienÖsterreich

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