# Pleurocapsales > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Pleurocapsales > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Pleurocapsales.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleurocapsales > Source revision: 1292413319 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Order of bacteria Pleurocapsales Scientific classification Domain: Bacteria Kingdom: Bacillati Phylum: Cyanobacteriota Class: Cyanophyceae Order: Pleurocapsales Geitler Families[1] Dermocarpellaceae Ginsburg-Ardré ex Christensen Hydrococcaceae Kützing Hyellaceae Borzi Xenococcaceae Ercegović The **Pleurocapsales** are an order of coccooid [cyanobacteria](/source/Cyanobacteria). Pleurocapsales are characterized by having boocytes, specialized cells where multiple fission takes place.[2] Their ecology is mainly endolytic and calcareous, they are found inside rocks and in low light conditions.[3] Pleurocapsales were thought to be related to *Chroococcidiopsis* but recent work with phylogenetics of the 16S rDNA gene has shown that *Chroococcidiopsis* belongs to its own order Chroococcidiopsidales.[4] Some genera within Pleurocapsales form pseudo-ramifications such as *Pleurocapsa* sp., *Odorella* sp, and all the genera within the Hyellaceae family.[5] Historically, the order Pleurocapsales has been one of the least studied orders of cyanobacteria, due to its endolithic ecology making them difficult to observe.[6] Most recently, the order Pleurocapsales has been subsumed within the order [Chroococcales](/source/Chroococcales).[7] ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-Komárek_1-0)** Komárek J, Kaštovský J, Mareš J, Johansen JR (2014). ["Taxonomic classification of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacterial genera) 2014, using a polyphasic approach"](http://www.preslia.cz/P144Komarek.pdf) (PDF). *Preslia*. **86**: 295–335. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Waterbury, J B; Stanier, R Y (1978). ["Patterns of growth and development in pleurocapsalean cyanobacteria"](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC281417). *Microbiological Reviews*. **42** (1): 2–44. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1128/mmbr.42.1.2-44.1978](https://doi.org/10.1128%2Fmmbr.42.1.2-44.1978). [ISSN](/source/ISSN_(identifier)) [0146-0749](https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0146-0749). [PMC](/source/PMC_(identifier)) [281417](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC281417). [PMID](/source/PMID_(identifier)) [111023](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/111023). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Stivaletta, N.; Barbieri, R. (January 2009). ["Endolithic microorganisms from spring mound evaporite deposits (southern Tunisia)"](https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaridenv.2008.09.024). *Journal of Arid Environments*. **73** (1): 33–39. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1016/j.jaridenv.2008.09.024](https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.jaridenv.2008.09.024). [ISSN](/source/ISSN_(identifier)) [0140-1963](https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0140-1963). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Fewer, David; Friedl, Thomas; Büdel, Burkhard (April 2002). ["Chroococcidiopsis and Heterocyst-Differentiating Cyanobacteria Are Each Other's Closest Living Relatives"](https://dx.doi.org/10.1006/mpev.2001.1075). *Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution*. **23** (1): 82–90. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1006/mpev.2001.1075](https://doi.org/10.1006%2Fmpev.2001.1075). [ISSN](/source/ISSN_(identifier)) [1055-7903](https://search.worldcat.org/issn/1055-7903). [PMID](/source/PMID_(identifier)) [12182405](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12182405). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Shalygin, Sergei; Huang, I‐Shuo; Allen, Elle H.; Burkholder, JoAnn M.; Zimba, Paul V. (2019-02-13). ["Odorella benthonicagen. & sp. nov. (Pleurocapsales, Cyanobacteria): an odor and prolific toxin producer isolated from a California aqueduct"](https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jpy.12834). *Journal of Phycology*. **55** (3): 509–520. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1111/jpy.12834](https://doi.org/10.1111%2Fjpy.12834). [ISSN](/source/ISSN_(identifier)) [0022-3646](https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0022-3646). [PMID](/source/PMID_(identifier)) [30637743](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30637743). [S2CID](/source/S2CID_(identifier)) [58616115](https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:58616115). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** Shalygin, Sergei; Kavulic, Katherine J.; Pietrasiak, Nicole; Bohunická, Markéta; Vaccarino, Melissa A.; Chesarino, Nicholas M.; Johansen, Jeffrey R. (2019-02-19). ["Neotypification of Pleurocapsa fuliginosa and epitypification of P. minor (Pleurocapsales): resolving a polyphyletic cyanobacterial genus"](https://biotaxa.org/Phytotaxa/article/view/phytotaxa.392.4.1). *Phytotaxa*. **392** (4): 245. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.11646/phytotaxa.392.4.1](https://doi.org/10.11646%2Fphytotaxa.392.4.1). [ISSN](/source/ISSN_(identifier)) [1179-3163](https://search.worldcat.org/issn/1179-3163). [S2CID](/source/S2CID_(identifier)) [92676499](https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:92676499). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** [https://lpsn.dsmz.de/order/pleurocapsales](https://lpsn.dsmz.de/order/pleurocapsales) Taxon identifiers Pleurocapsales Wikidata: Q12045595 Wikispecies: Pleurocapsales AlgaeBase: 137218 CoL: 62373 GBIF: 8378272 iNaturalist: 607642 IRMNG: 11767 ITIS: 1433 LPSN: pleurocapsales NCBI: 52604 NZOR: 125a31ef-c9c2-4784-ab64-ee918b4d43d1 Open Tree of Life: 1071381 Paleobiology Database: 306690 SeqCode Registry: 7952 WoRMS: 146712 This cyanobacteria-related article is a stub. 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