# Neodesmus

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{{Short description|Genus of algae}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| taxon = Neodesmus
| authority = Hindák
| type_species = ''Neodesmus danubialis''
| type_species_authority = Hindák<ref name=AlgaeBase/>
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision_ref = <ref name=AlgaeBase/>
| subdivision = 
* ''[Neodesmus danubialis](/source/Neodesmus_danubialis)''
* ''[Neodesmus pupukensis](/source/Neodesmus_pupukensis)''
}}

'''''Neodesmus''''' is a [genus](/source/genus) of [green algae](/source/green_algae) in the family [Scenedesmaceae](/source/Scenedesmaceae).<ref>See the [NCBI](/source/National_Center_for_Biotechnology_Information) [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?mode=Info&id=113523 webpage on Neodesmus].  Data extracted from the {{cite web | url=https://ftp.ncbi.nih.gov/pub/taxonomy/ | title=NCBI taxonomy resources | publisher=[National Center for Biotechnology Information](/source/National_Center_for_Biotechnology_Information) | access-date=2007-03-19}}</ref>

''Neodesmus'' consists of colonies of two cells, termed [coenobia](/source/coenocyte) (plural of coenobium); these coenobia may be further arranged in a structured called a syncoenobium surrounded by a [mucilage](/source/mucilage) envelope. The cells are fusiform to cylindrical, 5 to 9 μm long and arranged obliquely next to each other. Syncoenobia may be up to 65 μm long. Each cell is uninucleate (i.e. with one [nucleus](/source/cell_nucleus)) and contains one parietal [chloroplast](/source/chloroplast), each with a [pyrenoid](/source/pyrenoid).<ref name=AlgaeBase>{{AlgaeBase genus|id=45884|name=Neodesmus|access-date=2023-11-11}}</ref>

''Neodesmus'' reproduces [asexually](/source/asexual_reproduction) by forming [autospore](/source/autospore)s; two spores are produced per cell. Sexual reproduction or flagellated life stages have not been observed in ''Neodesmus''.<ref name=AlgaeBase/>

==References==
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