Urospora (alga)

Urospora
Urospora wormskioldii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Chlorophyta
Class:	Ulvophyceae
Order:	Ulotrichales
Family:	Ulotrichaceae
Genus:	Urospora Areschoug
Species
Urospora penicilliformis Urospora sp. AB58 Urospora sp. UP52 Urospora sp. U122 Urospora wormskioldii Urospora neglecta

Urospora is a genus of green algae in the family Ulotrichaceae. ^[1] In 2022, a member of genus Urospora was shown to be a photobiont partner for a crustose seashore lichen in the family Verrucariaceae. This is the first time that a member of this genus, or of the order Ulotrichales, has been recorded as a photobiont. ^[2]

References

1. See the NCBI webpage on Urospora. Data extracted from the "NCBI taxonomy resources". National Center for Biotechnology Information . Retrieved 2007-03-19.
2. Černajová, Ivana; Schiefelbein, Ulf; Škaloud, Pavel (2022). "Lichens from the littoral zone host diverse Ulvophycean photobionts". Journal of Phycology. 58 (2): 267–280. doi:10.1111/jpy.13234. PMID   35032341. S2CID   245963233.

Further reading

• Leliaert, F., Rueness, J., Boedeker, C., Maggs,C.A., Cocquyt,E., Verbruggen, H. and de Clerck, O. 2009. Systematics of the marine microfilamentous green algae Uronema curvatum and Urospora microscopia (Chlorophyta). Eur. J. Phycol.44: 487 -496.