Microthamniaceae

{{Short description|Family of algae}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Microthamnion.jpg | image_caption = ''Microthamnion'' sp. | parent_authority = M.Melkonian | taxon = Microthamniaceae | authority = G.S.West | subdivision_ranks = Genera | subdivision_ref = <ref name=AlgaeBase>{{AlgaeBase taxon|id=99072|access-date=2024-12-10|name=Microthamniaceae}}</ref> | subdivision = * ''Coleochlamys'' * ''Microthamnion'' }}

'''Microthamniaceae''' is a family of green algae in the class Trebouxiophyceae.<ref>See the NCBI [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?mode=Info&id=42111 webpage on Microthamniales]. Data extracted from the {{cite web | url=https://ftp.ncbi.nih.gov/pub/taxonomy/ | title=NCBI taxonomy resources | publisher=National Center for Biotechnology Information | access-date=2007-03-19}}</ref> It is the only family in the order '''Microthamniales'''.

Currently, there are two accepted genera within the family, ''Coleochlamys'' and ''Microthamnion''.<ref name=AlgaeBase/> The two genera are sister to each other in molecular phylogenetic analyses, but share little in common morphologically.<ref>{{cite journal|doi=10.1080/00318884.2021.1871825 |title=Settling the identity and phylogenetic position of the psychrotolerant green algal genus ''Coleochlamys'' (Trebouxiophyceae) |date=2021 |last1=Barcytė |first1=Dovilė |last2=Hodač |first2=Ladislav |last3=Eliáš |first3=Marek |journal=Phycologia |volume=60 |issue=2 |pages=135–147 |bibcode=2021Phyco..60..135B }}</ref> ''Microthamnion'' consists of branched filaments of cells, and is common worldwide in freshwater habitats. Meanwhile, ''Coleochlamys'' is an uncommon genus consisting of irregularly club-shaped cells, and is an uncommon, cold-tolerant alga of freshwater or terrestrial habitats.<ref>{{cite journal|doi= 10.1134/S0026261722010118|title= Morphology and phylogeny of the microalga ''Coleochlamys apoda'' (Microthamniales, Chlorophyta)|last1=Redkina|first1=V.V.|last2=Temraleeva|first2=A.D.|last3=Portnaya|first3=E.A.|last4=Shalygina|first4=R.R.|journal= Microbiology|volume= 91|issue=1|pages= 45–55}}</ref>

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Category:Trebouxiophyceae families Category:Microthamniales