Urospora (alga)

Urospora
Urospora wormskioldii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Clade: Viridiplantae
Division: Chlorophyta
Class: Ulvophyceae
Order: Ulotrichales
Family: Ulotrichaceae
Genus: Urospora
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Species

Urospora is a genus of green algae in the family Ulotrichaceae.[1] In 2022, a member of genus Urospora was shown to be a photobiont partner for a crustose seashore lichen in the family Verrucariaceae. This is the first time that a member of this genus, or of the order Ulotrichales, has been recorded as a photobiont.[2]

References

  1. ^ See the NCBI webpage on Urospora. Data extracted from the "NCBI taxonomy resources". National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 2007-03-19.
  2. ^ Černajová, Ivana; Schiefelbein, Ulf; Škaloud, Pavel (2022). "Lichens from the littoral zone host diverse Ulvophycean photobionts". Journal of Phycology. 58 (2): 267–280. doi:10.1111/jpy.13234. PMID 35032341. S2CID 245963233.

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  • Leliaert, F., Rueness, J., Boedeker, C., Maggs,C.A., Cocquyt,E., Verbruggen, H. and de Clerck, O. 2009. Systematics of the marine microfilamentous green algae Uronema curvatum and Urospora microscopia (Chlorophyta). Eur. J. Phycol. 44: 487 -496.


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