Stichococcus

Stichococcus consists of solitary cells or uniseriate filaments of few cells (2 to 4) that readily break apart. ==Taxonomy==

Stichococcus is placed within the order Prasiolales, equivalent to the Prasiola-clade found in literature. The morphological form of Stichococcus is not monophyletic, and therefore in 2020 it was split into several genera: Protostichococcus, Deuterostichococcus, Tritostichococcus, Tetratostichococcus, and Pseudostichococcus. The similar morphology of all of these genera and species makes identification using morphology difficult or even impossible. Stichococcus and its relatives produce sorbitol and sucrose as an osmolyte, when subjected to salt stress. ==References==