Cylindrospermum

Cylindrospermum
Illustration
Illustration of Cylindrospermum stagnale. h, heterocyst; sp, resting spore
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Cyanobacteria
Class: Cyanophyceae
Order: Nostocales
Family: Nostocaceae
Genus: Cylindrospermum
Kützing ex Bornet & Flahault, 1886
Species[1]
Illustration of "Cylindrospermum stagnale". h, heterocyst; sp, resting spore

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]

  1. ^ "Cylindrospermum". www.uniprot.org.
  2. ^ Guiry, M.D.; Guiry, G.M. "Cylindrospermum". AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway.
  3. ^ Carr, N.G.; Whitton, B.A. (1973). The Biology of Blue-Green Algae. Berkeley: University of California Press. p. 262. ISBN 978-0520023444. Retrieved 2019-09-07.