Lyngbya is a genus of cyanobacteria, unicellular autotrophs that form the basis of the oceanic food chain.
Oscillatoria is a genus of sugar making microscopic creatures.
Botryococcus is a genus of green algae. The cells form an irregularly shaped aggregate. Thin filaments connect the cells. The cell body is ovoid, 6 to 10 μm long, and 3 to 6 μm wide. Fossils of the genus are known since Precambrian times, and form the single largest biological contributor to crude oil, and are a major component of oil shales.
Chlamydopodium is a genus of green algae in the family Characiochloridaceae. It has been recorded from soil or attached to algae or zooplankton.
Scytonema is a genus of photosynthetic cyanobacteria that contains over 100 species. It grows in filaments that form dark mats. Many species are aquatic and are either free-floating or grow attached to a submerged substrate, while others species grow on terrestrial rocks, wood, soil, or plants. Scytonema is a nitrogen fixer, and can provide fixed nitrogen to the leaves of plants on which it is growing. Some species of Scytonema form a symbiotic relationship with fungi to produce a lichen.
Lyngbya majuscula is a species of filamentous cyanobacteria in the genus Lyngbya. It is named after the Dane Hans Christian Lyngbye.
Ernst Johann Lemmermann was a German botanist who specialized in the field of phycology.
Giovanni Battista de Toni was an Italian botanist, mycologist and phycologist.
The Pseudanabaenaceae are a family of cyanobacteria.
Trichodesmium thiebautii is a cyanobacteria that is often found in open oceans of tropical and subtropical regions and is known to be a contributor to large oceanic surface blooms. This microbial species is a diazotroph, meaning it fixes nitrogen gas (N2), but it does so without the use of heterocysts. T. thiebautii is able to simultaneously perform oxygenic photosynthesis. T. thiebautii was discovered in 1892 by M.A. Gomont. T. thiebautii are important for nutrient cycling in marine habitats because of their ability to fix N2, a limiting nutrient in ocean ecosystems.
Anathece is a genus of cyanobacteria belonging to the family Synechococcaceae.
Eucapsis is a genus of cyanobacteria belonging to the family Merismopediaceae.
Geitlerinema is a genus of cyanobacteria belonging to the family Coleofasciculaceae.
Gloeocapsopsis is a genus of cyanobacteria belonging to the family Chroococcaceae.
Dolichospermum flosaquae is a species of cyanobacteria belonging to the family Aphanizomenonaceae.
Kamptonema chlorinum is a species of cyanobacteria belonging to the family Microcoleaceae.
Aphanothece is a polyphyletic genus with 63 accepted species. The name is derived from the Greek words, ‘aphanes’ and ‘theke’ which mean “invisible" and “box or sheath” respectively. This genera is cosmopolitan, found in soils, thermal springs and other benthic, freshwater, marine, hypersaline, and moist terrestrial environments. Morphology can vary, with both microscopic and macroscopic colonies large enough to be collected and preserved in herbarium records.
Dolichospermum is a genus of cyanobacteria belonging to the family Nostocaceae.
Eutetramorus is a genus of algae belonging to the family Radiococcaceae.
Lemmermanniella is a genus of cyanobacteria belonging to the family Synechococcaceae.
