Phormidium

Phormidium
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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]

  1. ^ "Phormidium Kützing ex Gomont, 1892". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
  2. ^ 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.