Dolichospermum

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Dolichospermum
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Dolichospermum
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Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Bacillati
Clade: "Cyanobacteria/Melainabacteria clade"
Phylum: Cyanobacteria
Class: Cyanophyceae
Order: Nostocales
Family: Aphanizomenonaceae
Genus: Dolichospermum
(Ralfs ex Bornet & Flahault) P.Wacklin, L.Hoffmann & J.Komárek, 2009

Dolichospermum is a genus of cyanobacteria belonging to the family Nostocaceae. [1] It was created by splitting from Anabaena using molecular evidence. It is paraphyletic as the author intends: the genera Aphanizomenon and Cuspidothrix , though cladistically included, have "distinct and unique" morphological features that set them apart. [2]

The genus has cosmopolitan distribution. [1]

Species

As accepted by the GBIF: [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Dolichospermum (Ralfs ex Bornet & Flahault) P.Wacklin, L.Hoffmann & J.Komárek, 2009". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
  2. Wacklin, Pirjo; Hoffmann, Lucien; Komárek, Jiří (1 March 2009). "Nomenclatural validation of the genetically revised cyanobacterial genus Dolichospermum (RALFS ex BORNET et FLAHAULT) comb. nova". Fottea. 9 (1): 59–64. doi: 10.5507/fot.2009.005 .