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 …

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 …

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 …

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 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.; …

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 …

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 …

Desmids are unicellular micro-organisms belonging to the conjugatophycean green algal groups of Mesotaeniaceae and Desmidiaceae. They occur in standing freshwaters. Although among …

"Desmids" (desmos + eidos = chain forming) denotes the group of green protists that reproduce sexually with amoeboid gametes (without flagella), either by forming "conjugation bridges" …