Euglenoids from the El Farafra Oasis (Western Desert, Egypt)
2017; Władysław Szafer Institute of Botany; Volume: 62; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1515/pbj-2017-0017
ISSN2084-4352
AutoresKonrad Wołowski, Abdullah A. Saber, Marco Cantonati,
Tópico(s)Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
ResumoAbstract The paper reports the first detailed study of the diversity of euglenoids recorded from the El Farafra Oasis in the Western Desert of Egypt. Four of the 20 identified species are new records for the Egyptian algal flora: the colorless Peranema inflexum Skuja, and the three pigmented species Euglena adhaerens Matv., Phacus crassus Zakryś & M. Łukomska and Ph. cristatus Zakryś & M. Łukomska. A brief description and original documentation are given for each reported morphospecies.
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