Where is Chroococcidiopsis found?
Chroococcidiopsis has been found growing in hot springs, in hypersaline (high-salt) habitats, in a number of hot, arid deserts throughout the world, and in the frigid Ross Desert in Antarctica. How do Chroococcidiopsis reproduce? Our results demonstrate that the order Pleurocapsales, which traditionally contains Chroococcidiopsis, is a polyphyletic assemblage with the ability to reproduce by…