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==Morphology== |
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Elongated cylindrical, often lunate unicells comprising of two symmetrical semicells. Single, axial chloroplasts with many pyrenoids in each semicell. Very conspicuous vacules at the ends of the cell with BaSO<sub>4</sub> (Gypsum) crystals "dancing" around within them. |
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==Reproduction== |
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'''Asexual:''' budding from a partitioned parent cell. |
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'''Sexual:''' Conjugation to form a hypnozygote. |
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Revision as of 21:18, 6 November 2007
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In taxonomy, Closterium is a genus of algae, specifically of the Closteriaceae.[1]
References
- ^ See the NCBI webpage on Closterium. Data extracted from the "NCBI taxonomy resources". National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 2007-03-19.
Morphology
Elongated cylindrical, often lunate unicells comprising of two symmetrical semicells. Single, axial chloroplasts with many pyrenoids in each semicell. Very conspicuous vacules at the ends of the cell with BaSO4 (Gypsum) crystals "dancing" around within them.
Reproduction
Asexual: budding from a partitioned parent cell.
Sexual: Conjugation to form a hypnozygote.
External links
Scientific references
Scientific databases
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