ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Colour range of euglenoid (Euglenophyceae) blooms
1
W. Szafer Institute of Botany, Polish Academy of Sciences, Lubicz 46,
31-512 Kraków, Poland
2
Chiang Mai University, Office of Research Administration, Chiang
Mai, 50200, Thailand
3
Independent Consultant, Arizona State University (retired), Mesa,
Arizona, USA
4
M.G. Kholodny Institute of Botany, National Academy of Science of
Ukraine, Vulytsya Tereshchenkivsʹka 2, 02000 Kyiv, Ukraine
5
The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Konstantynów 1I,
20-708 Lublin, Poland
6
Nature Research Centre Lithuania, Akademijos St. 2, LT-08412 Vilnius,
Lithuania
Online publication date: 2024-07-16
Publication date: 2024-07-16
Plant and Fungal Systematics 2024; 69(1): 99-108
KEYWORDS
ABSTRACT
The presence of autotrophs, heterotrophs and mixotrophs among euglenoid taxa,
multiple means of nutrition, and high tolerance to a wide range of thermal living conditions
contribute to their colonization of various types of water bodies in different climatic zones.
The formation of water “blooms” by euglenoids occurs during accelerated development
and intensive cell division of these organisms. Euglenoids outcompete other microalgae
and produce significant biomass under favorable conditions. The ability to produce temporal,
reproductive and protective cysts also contributes to rapid bloom formations. Our
observations suggest that their features probably make them model organisms for observing
environmental changes in small water bodies. So far, little attention has been given to the
species-dependent color variation of euglenoid blooms. Long-time research on euglenoid
taxonomy, biogeography and habitat observations allow observers to recognize different
blooms depending on the species causing the phenomenon: Euglena sanguinea, E. mutabilis,
E. clara, E. hemichromata, E. geniculata, E. agilis, Euglenaria anabaena, Euglenaformis
chlorophoenica, Monomorphina pyrum, Phacus pleuronectes, Ph. orbicularis, Lepocinclis
ovum, Trachelomonas volvocina, T. volvocinopsis and T. caudata. The color range of
euglenoid blooms are presented here for the first time.
FUNDING
This work was financed through the statutory fund of the
W. Szafer Institute of Botany of the Polish Academy of Sciences,
Krakow, Poland.
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