Two snow species of the quadriflagellate green alga Chlainomonas (Chlorophyta, Volvocales): ultrastructure and phylogenetic position within the Chloromonas clade
Novis PM, Hoham RW, Beer T, Dawson M. 2008. Two snow species of the quadriflagellate green alga Chlainomonas (Chlorophyta, Volvocales): ultrastructure and phylogenetic position within the Chloromonas clade. Journal of Phycology. 44:1001-1012
From the Abstract: "The quadriflagellate snow alga Chlainomonas Christen, distributed in New Zealand and North America, has several unusual structural attributes. A process assumed to be cytokinesis involves extrusion of protoplasm from the parent through a narrow canal, C. kolii (J. T. Hardy et Curl) Hoham produces a net-like outer envelope rather than a cell wall, and the flagellar basal apparatus of Chlainomonas consists of two semi-independent pairs of basal bodies. Structural connections between between basal body pairs appear minimal, but a connecting system different from that observed in other genera exists within each pair. Phylogenetic analysis using rbcL sequences places Chlainomonas in the Chloromonas clade, other known members of which are biflagellate." Olympic National Park is one of the study sites.
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Novis, Philip; Hoham, Ronald; Beer, Thomas; Dawson, Murray
- Units
- OLYM
- Keywords
- green alga (Chlainomonas), Phylogeography, snow algae