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- Title
Lotharella vacuolata sp. nov., a new species of chlorarachniophyte algae, and time-lapse video observations on its unique post-cell division behavior.
- Authors
Ota, Shuhei; Ueda, Kunihiko; Ishida, Ken-ichiro
- Abstract
A new species of chlorarachniophyte alga, Lotharella vacuolata Ota et Ishida sp. nov., is described. This alga has been maintained as strain CCMP240 at the Provasoli-Guillard National Center for Culture of Marine Phytoplankton at Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences. We examined in detail its morphology, ultrastructure and life cycle, using light microscopy, transmission electron microscopy and time-lapse videomicroscopy. The dominant stage in the life cycle was represented by coccoid cells; however, amoeboid and flagellated stages were also observed. This alga showed unique post-cell division behavior: one of the two daughter cells became amoeboid and escaped through a pore on the parental cell wall; the other daughter cell remained within the parental cell wall. Pyrenoid ultrastructure and nucleomorph location, which are used as the main generic criteria of chlorarachniophytes, confirmed that the strain CCMP240 is a member of Lotharella. This alga, however, was clearly distinguished from other known Lotharella species by the presence of large vacuoles, unusual post-cell division behavior and some unique ultrastructural characters.
- Subjects
ALGAE; ALGAE physiology; CELL division; LIFE cycles (Biology); CELL proliferation; RESEARCH
- Publication
Phycological Research, 2005, Vol 53, Issue 4, p275
- ISSN
1322-0829
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1440-183.2005.00395.x