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 |
Species[1] | |
Cylindrospermum is a genus of filamentous cyanobacteria found in terrestrial and aquatic environments.[2] 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.[3]