Fischerella

Fischerella
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Kingdom:	Bacillati
Clade:	"Cyanobacteria/Melainabacteria clade"
Phylum:	Cyanobacteria
Class:	Cyanophyceae
Order:	Nostocales
Family:	Hapalosiphonaceae
Genus:	Fischerella ; (Bornet & Flahault) Gomont

Last updated May 29, 2025

Fischerella is a genus of cyanobacteria belonging to the family Hapalosiphonaceae.^[1]

The genus was first described by M. Gomont in 1895.^[1]

The genus has cosmopolitan distribution.^[2]

The genus name of Deightoniella is in honour of Christian Fischer (1801–1892), who was a Bohemian scientist and industrialist from Karlsbad (Baden).^[3]

The genus was circumscribed by Jean-Baptiste Édouard Bornet and Charles Henri Marie Flahault in J. Bot. (Morot) Vol.9 on pages 51-52 in 1895.

Known species:

Fischerella major
Fischerella muscicola

References

1 2 "Fischerella (Bornet & Flahault) Gomont, 1895 :: Algaebase". www.algaebase.org. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
↑ "Fischerella Bornet & Flahault". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
↑ Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names](pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8 . Retrieved January 27, 2022.

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[Algaebase-1] 1 2 "Fischerella (Bornet & Flahault) Gomont, 1895 :: Algaebase". www.algaebase.org. Retrieved 22 January 2021.

[GBIF-2] "Fischerella Bornet & Flahault". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 22 January 2021.

[3] Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names](pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8 . Retrieved January 27, 2022.

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