Chlorophyceae:
Chlorococcales: Oocystaceae
Monoraphidium litorale
Hindák
Genus: Cell body elongated spindle in shape, straight or curved, sharply pointed at both ends;
(Guide book to the "Photomicrographs of the Freshwater Algae", 1998).
Species: Cell body fusiform, straight or slightly bowed, both ends tapered,
22-43 μm long, 2-6 μm wide;
chloroplast parietal, elongated, with pyrenoids;
cell division produces 4, 8, or 16 "autospores"
(Photomicrographs of the Freshwater Algae, vol. 16, 1996).
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Monoraphidium litorale, stock Giw-21,
axenic culture with KCM and Hyponex,
cell body 27-37 μm long, 4.7-9.4 μm wide, L/W=3.9-5.7,
x 640, a pond near Asami-numa (Azami-numa), Iwajuku, Kasakake town, Gunma Pref., Japan, October 2001 by Y. Tsukii
31 μm
63 μm
94 μm; x 640
Axenic culture with KCM and Hyponex (December 14, 2001 to February 1, 2002)
Monoraphidium litorale, stock Giw-21, axenic culture with KCM and Hyponex (February 1, 2002 to March 21, 2002),
cell body μm long, μm wide,
x 640, a pond near Asami-numa (Azami-numa), Iwajuku, Kasakake town, Gunma Pref., Japan, October 2001 by Y. Tsukii
Monoraphidium litorale Hindak:
Cells singular, fusiform, often attached to a subtrate or to mother cell wall remnant with one end by means of
a mucous target; 22-43 micron long, 2-6 micron wide; a chloroplast pariental, trough-shaped,
with a naked pyrenoid (without starch-envelope); cell division produces 4, 8 or 16 autospores (daughter cells)
releasing by crosswise rupture of mother cell wall
(Phtomicrog. Freshw. Alg. 16: 56, 1996)
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