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aerobic, surface, freshwater, soils.

Class: Chlorophyceae

Strain: Tetracystis pulchra

Media: Bristol Medium

Origin: Austin, Texas, USA

Description of Location:  garden soil

Type Culture: Yes

Collection: 

Isolation: C. Sweet (7/62)

Isolator Number: 

Deposition: R.M. Brown 

Relatives: CCAP 181/7; SAG 97.80

Tetracystis R.M.Brown, Jr & Bold, 1964

Classification: 

Empire Eukaryota

Kingdom Plantae

Subkingdom Viridiplantae

Infrakingdom Chlorophyta infrakingdom

Phylum Chlorophyta

Subphylum Chlorophytina

Class Chlorophyceae

Order Chlamydomonadales

Family Chlorococcaceae

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Holotype species: Tetracystis aeria R.M.Brown & Bold

Original publication and holotype designation: Brown, R.M., Jr., & Bold, H.C. (1964). Comparative studies of the algal genera Tetracystis and Chlorococcum. University of Texas Publication No. 6417: 1-213.

Taxonomic status: currently recognized as a distinct genus.

Most recent taxonomic treatment adopted: Tsarenko, P.M. (2011). Chlorococcales. In: Algae of Ukraine: diversity, nomenclature, taxonomy, ecology and geography. Volume 3: Chlorophyta. (Tsarenko, P.M., Wasser, S.P. & Nevo, E. Eds), pp. 232-264. Ruggell: A.R.A. Gantner Verlag K.-G..

NCBI Nucleotide Sequences

Numbers of names and species: There are 23 species (and infraspecific) names in the database at present, of which 18 have been flagged as currently accepted taxonomically.

Names: ('C' indicates a name that is currently accepted taxonomically; 'S' a homotypic or heterotypic synonym; 'U' indicates a name of uncertain taxonomic status, but which has been subjected to some verification nomenclaturally; 'P' indicates a preliminary AlgaeBase entry that has not been subjected to any kind of verification. For more information on a species click on it to activate a link to the Species database):

Tetracystis aeria R.M.Brown & Bold S - type

Tetracystis aggregata R.M.Brown & Bold S 

Tetracystis aplanospora (Arce & Bold) R.M.Brown & Bold S 

Tetracystis chlorococcoides (Korshikov) Shin Watanabe S 

Tetracystis compacta Schwarz C 

Tetracystis diplobionticoidea (Chantanachat & Bold) P.A.Archibald & Bold C 

Tetracystis dissociata R.M.Brown & Bold S 

Tetracystis elliptica Nakano C 

Tetracystis excentrica R.M.Brown & Bold C 

Tetracystis fissurata Nakano C 

Tetracystis illinoisensis R.M.Brown & Bold S 

Tetracystis intermedia (Deason & Bold) R.M.Brown & Bold C 

Tetracystis isobilateralis R.M.Brown & Bold S 

Tetracystis macrostigmata Nakano C 

Tetracystis micropyrenoides Nakano C 

Tetracystis nagasakiensis Nakano C 

Tetracystis pampae R.M.Brown & Bold C 

Tetracystis polymorpha (H.W.Bischoff & Bold) P.A.Archibald & Bold S 

Tetracystis pulchra R.M.Brown & Bold C 

Tetracystis sarcinalis K.Schwarz C 

Tetracystis tetraspora (Arce & Bold) R.M.Brown & Bold C 

Tetracystis texensis R.M.Brown & Bold C 

Tetracystis vinatzeri Ettl & Gärtner C 

Verification of data

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Created: 11 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry

Verified by: 25 January 2012 by M.D. Guiry

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Citing AlgaeBase

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 16 July 17.

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