Geitlerinema | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Bacteria |
Phylum: | Cyanobacteria |
Class: | Cyanophyceae |
Order: | Oscillatoriales |
Family: | Coleofasciculaceae |
Genus: | Geitlerinema (Anagnostidis & Komárek) Anagnostidis |
Geitlerinema is a genus of cyanobacteria belonging to the family Coleofasciculaceae.[1]
The genus was first described by K. Anagnostidis in 1989.[1] The genus name of Geitlerinema is in honour of Lothar Geitler (1899 – 1990), who was an Austrian botanist and cytologist.[2]
The genus has cosmopolitan distribution.[3]
Species: