| Microcystis aeruginosa | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Cyanobacteria |
| Class: | Cyanophyceae |
| Order: | Chroococcales |
| Family: | Microcystaceae |
| Genus: | Microcystis |
| Species: | M. aeruginosa
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| Binomial name | |
| Microcystis aeruginosa Kützing, 1846
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Microcystis aeruginosa is a species of freshwater cyanobacteria that can form harmful algal blooms of economic and ecological importance. They are the most common toxic cyanobacterial bloom in eutrophic fresh water. Cyanobacteria produce neurotoxins and peptide hepatotoxins, such as microcystin and cyanopeptolin.[1] Microcystis aeruginosa produces numerous congeners of microcystin, with microcystin-LR being the most common.[2] Microcystis blooms have been reported in at least 108 countries, with the production of microcystin noted in at least 79.[3]
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{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ Harke, Matthew J.; Steffen, Morgan M.; Gobler, Christopher J.; Otten, Timothy G.; Wilhelm, Steven W.; Wood, Susanna A.; Paerl, Hans W. (2016). "A review of the global ecology, genomics, and biogeography of the toxic cyanobacterium, Microcystis spp". Harmful Algae. 54: 4–20. doi:10.1016/j.hal.2015.12.007. PMID 28073480.
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