Girvanella‐like structures formed byPlectonema gloeophilum(Cyanophyta) from the Borrego Desert in Southern California
- 28 January 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Geomicrobiology Journal
- Vol. 1 (3) , 211-217
- https://doi.org/10.1080/01490457909377732
Abstract
An example of a recent tubiform fossil Girvanella is reported from a transitory, freshwater flash-spring, in an area of the Borrego Desert, near San Diego, California. It occurs as the preserved, calcite-impregnated sheath of the blue-green alga Plectonema gloeophilum Borzi. In size and form, the fossil is identical to the 1st specific description of a recent Girvanella. The data presented give strong support to the idea of specificity for calcification in some blue-green algae.This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:
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