TABLE 1 in Morphological and molecular characterization of Goleter sp. (Nostocales, Nostocaceae) isolated from freshwater in Iran

TABLE 1. — Morphological comparison of the isolate Goleter sp. and its close phylogenetic relative Goleter apudmare Miscoe & J.R.Johansen. Goleter apudmare characteristics obtained from Miscoe et al. (2016). CharacteristicGoleter sp. (OP422450)Goleter apudmare (KF417425)Colony morphologyDensely gelatinous filaments, light green to deep greenDiffuse, light colored, spreading colony, dull grayish blue-greenFilament morphologyFlexuous, bent, slightly coiledTaperingFilament structureSolitary, polar, non-taperingHeteropolar, tapering, strongly constricted at crosswallsBranchingBranchedBranchedSheathPresent on some filaments, colorlessThin, barely visible, colorlessCross-wallsPresentPresentVegetative cell shapeCylindrical to barrel shapedIsometric, longer than wide near trichome apexVegetative cell dimensions (µm)5.4×4.2-10.13.8-4 × 2.5-5.5Vegetative cell granulationMostly granularHomogenous to sparsely granularHeterocyte shapeEllipsoidal to cylindricalSolitary, basal, hemisphericalHeterocyte dimensions (µm)4-4.5× 5.12.5-4.4 ×3.6-4.4Akinete morphologySpherical, very rare, solitary, in the middle of filaments or free from filamentsForming in series in basal portion of trichome, homogenous to coarsely granularAkinete dimensions (µm)5.1-7.6×6.5-7.13.3-7.5Akinete granulationHomogenous to coarsely granularHomogenous to coarsely granularHormogoniaPresentNot presentNecridiaOccasionally foundNot presentHabitatLithophytic on stones in freshwater pond, northern IranLithophytic on cave wall, Kauai, Hawaii