Fischerella | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Bacteria |
Phylum: | Cyanobacteria |
Class: | Cyanophyceae |
Order: | Nostocales |
Family: | Hapalosiphonaceae |
Genus: | Fischerella (Bornet & Flahault) Gomont |
Fischerella is a genus of cyanobacteria belonging to the family Hapalosiphonaceae.[1]
The genus was first described by M. Gomont in 1895.[1]
The genus has cosmopolitan distribution.[2]
The genus name of Deightoniella is in honour of Christian Fischer (1801 - 1892), who was a Bohemian scientist and industrialist from Karlsbad (Baden).[3]
The genus was circumscribed by Jean-Baptiste Édouard Bornet and Charles Henri Marie Flahault in J. Bot. (Morot) Vol.9 on pages 51-52 in 1895.
Known species: