| Aphanothece | |
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| Aphanothece castagnei Rbh. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Cyanobacteria |
| Class: | Cyanophyceae |
| Order: | Chroococcales |
| Family: | Aphanothecaceae |
| Genus: | Aphanothece C.Nägeli, 1849 |
Aphanothece is a polyphyletic genus with 63 accepted species.[1] The name is derived from the Greek words, ‘aphanes’ and ‘theke’ which mean “invisible" and “box or sheath” respectively.[2] This genera is cosmopolitan, found in soils, thermal springs[1] and other benthic, freshwater, marine, hypersaline, and moist terrestrial environments.[2] Morphology can vary,[3] with both microscopic and macroscopic colonies large enough to be collected and preserved in herbarium records.[2]
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- ^ a b c Graham, Linda E.; et al. (2009). Algae (2nd ed.). Pearson/Benjamin Cummings.
- ^ Komárek, Jiří; Kaštovský, Jan; Jezberová, Jitka (2011). "Phylogenetic and taxonomic delimitation of the cyanobacterial genus Aphanothece and description of Anathece gen. nov ". European Journal of Phycology. 46 (3): 315–326. Bibcode:2011EJPhy..46..315K. doi:10.1080/09670262.2011.606373. ISSN 0967-0262.