Description of Two Novel Coccoid Cyanobacterial Species, Aliterella oplontina and Aliterella pliniana, from the Archeological Site of Oplontis (Naples, Italy)
The cyanobacterial genus Aliterella (Chroococcidiopsidales) comprises coccoid taxa with a broad geographic and ecological distribution, occurring in habitats ranging from polar environments to arid deserts and tropical regions. In this study, we describe two novel species isolated from phototrophic biofilms colonizing...