Pleurocapsales
The Pleurocapsales are an order of coccooid cyanobacteria. Pleurocapsales are characterized by having boocytes, specialized cells where multiple fission takes place.
Their ecology is mainly endolytic and calcareous, they are found inside rocks and in low light conditions. Pleurocapsales were thought to be related to Chroococcidiopsis but recent work with phylogenetics of the 16S rDNA gene has shown that Chroococcidiopsis belongs to its own order Chroococcidiopsidales.
3 branches of this order, most-observed first
Dermocarpellaceae
familyDermocarpellaceae
Xenococcaceae
familyXenococcaceae
Pleurocapsaceae
familyPleurocapsaceae
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 607642.