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Siderocelis irregularis (Chlorophyta, Trebouxiophyceae) in Lake Tanganyika (Africa)

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Siderocelis irregularis Hindák, representing a genus Siderocelis (Naumann) Fott that is known from European temperate waters, was identified as a common phytoplankter in Lake Tanganyika. It was found aposymbiotic as well as ingested (possibly endosymbiotic) in lake heterotrophs, mainly Strombidium sp. and Vorticella spp. The morphology and ultrastructure of the species, studied with LM, SEM and TEM, are described with emphasis on the structure of the cell wall and the pyrenoid.

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  1. Faculty of Biology, Department of Botany, Sofia University ‘St Kliment Ohridski’, 8 bld. Dragan Zankov, BG-1164, Sofia, Bulgaria

    Maya P. Stoyneva

  2. Research Institute for Electron Microscopy, Graz University of Technology, Steyrergasse 17, A-8010, Graz, Austria

    Elisabeth Ingolič

  3. Institute of Botany, University of Innsbruck, Sternwartestrasse 15, A-6020, Innsbruck, Austria

    Werner Kofler

  4. Department Biology, Laboratory of Protistology and Aquatic Ecology, Ghent University, Krijgslaan 281-S8, B-9000, Gent, Belgium

    Wim Vyverman

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Stoyneva, M.P., Ingolič, E., Kofler, W. et al. Siderocelis irregularis (Chlorophyta, Trebouxiophyceae) in Lake Tanganyika (Africa). Biologia 63, 799–805 (2008). https://doi.org/10.2478/s11756-008-0101-4

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