The term "desmid" typically refers to a group of microscopic, mostly single-celled algae in the class Zygnematophyceae. Within the desmids, a distinction is typically made between "saccoderm" and "placoderm" desmids.

desmid, (order Desmidiales), order of single-celled (sometimes filamentous or colonial) microscopic green algae, comprising some 5,000 species in about 40 genera. Desmids are sometimes treated as a family (Desmidiaceae) of the order Zygnematales.

Desmids are a distinctive group within the green algae (Chlorophycaea) and have always been amongst the favourite subjects of microscopists. Each cell consists of two symmetrical cellulose-walled halves usually with a pronounced constriction in between -- two semi-cells joined by an isthmus. The nucleus is usually located in the isthmus.

Desmid is a unicellular microorganism, it comes under the green algae family Mesotaeniaceae and Desmidiaceae. Sometimes desmid placed under the family of order Zygnematales. Desmids are usually developing in standing freshwaters.

Desmids are primarily found in freshwater habitats, such as ponds, rivers, and lakes. There, they may live as phytoplankton, on the bottom as benthic dwellers, or on the submerged portions of …

The Desmidiaceae are one of four families of charophyte green algae in the order Desmidiales (desmids). [2] Genera accepted by AlgaeBase as of February 2022 were: [1] ^ a b Guiry, M.D.; Guiry, G.M. "Desmidiaceae". AlgaeBase. University of Galway. Retrieved 2022-02-18. ^ See the NCBI webpage on Desmidiaceae.

Apr 25, 2013 · Desmids are an order of single celled green algae with approximately 40 genera and 6,000 species. They are divided into two compartments separated by a narrow bridge or isthmus. This gives them the appearance of being two cells, but they are actually a combination of two semi-cells sharing a single nucleus which lies in the isthmus between them.

Desmids are unicellular micro-organisms belonging to the green algal families of Mesotaeniaceae and Desmidiaceae. They occur in standing freshwaters. Although among the microbes ranking as real giants, with the unaided eye even the largest representatives are hardly to be seen. So, for studying them a microscope is indispensable.

Desmids are unicellular micro-organisms belonging to the conjugatophycean green algal groups of Mesotaeniaceae and Desmidiaceae. They occur in standing freshwaters. Although among the microbes counting as real giants, with the unaided eye even the largest representatives are hardly to be seen. So, for studying them a microscope is indispensable.

"Desmids" (desmos + eidos = chain forming) denotes the group of green protists that reproduce sexually with amoeboid gametes (without flagella), either by forming "conjugation bridges" through which the "male" gamete migrates (filamentous forms) or by tangential contact within a common mucilage sheath, also with gamete migration, then fusing...