Nostoc parmelioides

Nostoc parmelioides
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Cyanobacteria
Class: Cyanophyceae
Order: Nostocales
Family: Nostocaceae
Genus: Nostoc
Species:
N. parmelioides
Binomial name
Nostoc parmelioides

Nostoc parmelioides is a species of cyanobacterium in the family Nostocaceae. It is notable for its symbiosis with a midge larva, Cricotopus nostocicola.[1]

  1. ^ Brock, Elbert M. (July 1960). "Mutualism Between the Midge Cricotopus and the Alga Nostoc" (PDF). Ecology. 41 (3): 474–483. Bibcode:1960Ecol...41..474B. doi:10.2307/1933322. JSTOR 1933322. Retrieved August 2, 2021.