Biology:Cylindrospermum
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Short description: Genus of filamentous cyanobacteria found in terrestrial and aquatic environments
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| Illustration of Cylindrospermum stagnale. h, heterocyst; sp, resting spore | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Cyanobacteria |
| Class: | Cyanophyceae |
| Order: | Nostocales |
| Family: | Nostocaceae |
| Genus: | Cylindrospermum Kützing ex Bornet & Flahault, 1886 |
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Cylindrospermum is a genus of filamentous cyanobacteria found in terrestrial and aquatic environments. 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.[2]
References
- ↑ (in en) Cylindrospermum. https://www.uniprot.org/taxonomy/56106.
- ↑ Carr, Edited by N.G.; Whitton, B.A. (1973). The Biology of Blue-Green Algae. Berkeley: University of California Press. pp. 262. ISBN 978-0520023444. https://archive.org/details/biologyofbluegre0000carr/page/262.
Guiry, M.D.; Guiry, G.M. (2008). "Cylindrospermum". AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org/browse/taxonomy/?id=43595. Wikidata ☰ Q5199330 entry
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