
Gloeocapsa (from the Greek gloia (glue) and the Latin capsa (box) ) is a genus of cyanobacteria. The cells secrete individual gelatinous sheaths which can often be seen as sheaths around recently divided cells within outer sheaths. Recently divided cell pairs often appear to be only one cell since the new cells cohere temporarily. They are also kn...
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genus in the order Chroococcales, phylum Cyanophyta (blue-green algae), with either single or clustered cells enclosed in concentric layers of ...
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