Pleurocapsa

noun
Pleu·​ro·​cap·​sa | \ ˌplu̇rəˈkapsə\

Definition of Pleurocapsa

: a genus (the type of the family Pleurocapsaceae) of branching filamentous epiphytic blue-green algae reproducing by true endospores that is sometimes isolated in a separate order

History and Etymology for Pleurocapsa

New Latin, from pleur- + Latin capsa chest, case

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