| Phormidium | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Cyanobacteria |
| Class: | Cyanophyceae |
| Order: | Oscillatoriales |
| Family: | Oscillatoriaceae |
| Genus: | Phormidium Kützing ex Gomont, 1892 |
Phormidium is a genus of cyanobacteria in the family Oscillatoriaceae.[1]
As a result of recent genetic analyses, several new genera were erected from this genus, e.g. Potamolinea.[2]
- ^ "Phormidium Kützing ex Gomont, 1892". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
- ^ Martins, Mariéllen Dornelles; Branco, Luis Henrique Zanini (2016). "Potamolinea gen. Nov. (Oscillatoriales, Cyanobacteria): A phylogenetically and ecologically coherent cyanobacterial genus". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 66 (9): 3632–3641. doi:10.1099/ijsem.0.001243. hdl:11449/173597. PMID 27307052.