Cylindrospermopsis

Cylindrospermopsis
Scientific classification
Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Bacillati
Phylum: Cyanobacteriota
Class: Cyanophyceae
Order: Nostocales
Family: Aphanizomenonaceae
Genus:
Seenayya & Subbaraju, 1972

Cylindrospermopsis is a planktonic genus of filamentous cyanobacteria known for its blooms in eutrophic waters. The type species is the tropical Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii (Woloszynska) Seenayya & Subbaraju. The cyanotoxin cylindrospermopsin was first identified from a species of this genus.[1]

References

  1. ^ Patrick J. Walsh; et al., eds. (2008). Oceans and Human Health: Risks and Remedies from the Seas. Amsterdam: Elsevier. pp. 281–282. ISBN 978-0123725844.

Guiry, M.D.; Guiry, G.M. "Cylindrospermopsis". AlgaeBase. University of Galway.


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