Cylindrospermum
Genus of filamentous cyanobacteria found in terrestrial and aquatic environments / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cylindrospermum is a genus of filamentous cyanobacteria found in terrestrial and aquatic environments. In terrestrial ecosystems, Cylindrospermum is found in soils, and in aquatic ones, it commonly grows as part of the periphyton on aquatic plants. The genus is heterocystous (nitrogen-fixing) cyanobacteria.[2]
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Cylindrospermum | |
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Illustration of Cylindrospermum stagnale. h, heterocyst; sp, resting spore | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Bacteria |
Phylum: | Cyanobacteria |
Class: | Cyanophyceae |
Order: | Nostocales |
Family: | Nostocaceae |
Genus: | Cylindrospermum Kützing ex Bornet & Flahault, 1886 |
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