Fig. 2.
Morphological characterization of Moorea gen. nov. (a–c) M. bouillonii PNG5-198R and (d–e) M. producens 3LT. (a) Underwater pictures of M. bouillonii at 10 m depth forming a characteristic cobweb mat firmly attached to the surrounding corals. (d) Tuft colony morphology of M. producens growing on shallow-water mangrove roots. Microphotographs of cyanobacterial filaments of (b) M. bouillonii and (e) M. producens and scanning electron micrographs of (c) M. bouillonii and (f) M. producens. Bars: a, 10 cm; b, 29.5 µm; c, ca. 20 µm; d, 10 cm; e, 50 µm; f, 50 µm.