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- Title
BOLIDOMONAS: A NEW GENUS WITH TWO SPECIES BELONGING TO A NEW ALGAL CLASS, THE BOLIDOPHYCEAE (HETEROKONTA).
- Authors
Guillou, Laure; Chrétiennot-Dinet, Marie-Josěphe; Medlin, Linda K.; Claustre, Hervé; Loiseaux-de Goër, Susan; Vaulot, Daniel
- Abstract
Describes an algal class called the Bolidophyceae (Heterokonta) from one genus, Bolidomonas, gen. nov., and two species, Bolidomonas pacifica, sp. nov and Bolidomonas mediterranea, sp. nov., isolated from the equatorial Pacific Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea, respectively. Differences in the insertion angle between the flagella and pattern of swimming of the Mediterranean and Pacific species; Finding of fucoxanthin as the major carotenoid in both lineages.
- Subjects
ALGAE; XANTHOPHYCEAE; PHYCOLOGY
- Publication
Journal of Phycology, 1999, Vol 35, Issue 2, p368
- ISSN
0022-3646
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1046/j.1529-8817.1999.3520368.x