Dolichospermum

Dolichospermum
Dolichospermum
Scientific classification
Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Bacillati
Phylum: Cyanobacteriota
Class: Cyanophyceae
Order: Nostocales
Family: Aphanizomenonaceae
Genus:
(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]

Many of the morphospecies in Anabaena, Dolichospermum, and Aphanizomenon (ADA clade) are not monophyletic. Work is underway to sequence more genomes from these genera to produce a species classification based on genetic branching.[3]

Species

As accepted by the GBIF:[1]

  • Dolichospermum affine (Lemmerm.) P.Wacklin, L.Hoffm. & Komárek
  • Dolichospermum berezowskii (Usacev) P.Wacklin et al.
  • Dolichospermum circinale (Rabenh. ex Bornet & Flahault) P.Wacklin et al.
  • Dolichospermum compactum (Nygaard) Wacklin, L.Hoffm. & Komárek
  • Dolichospermum crassum (Lemmerm.) Wacklin, L.Hoffm. & Komárek
  • Dolichospermum curvum (H.Hill) Wacklin, L.Hoffm. & Komárek
  • Dolichospermum danicum (Nygaard) Wacklin, L.Hoffm. & Komárek
  • Dolichospermum delicatulum (Lemmerm.) Wacklin, Hoffmann & Komárek
  • Dolichospermum ellipsoides (Boloch. ex Woron.) P.Wacklin et al.
  • Dolichospermum farciminiforme (Cronberg & Komárk.-Legn.) Wacklin, L.Hoffm. & Komárek
  • Dolichospermum flosaquae (Brébisson ex Bornet & Flahault) P.Wacklin et al.
  • Dolichospermum fuscum (H.Hill) Wacklin, L.Hoffm. & Komárek
  • Dolichospermum halbfassii (H.Bachm.) P.Wacklin et al.
  • Dolichospermum heterosporum (Nygaard) Wacklin, L.Hoffm. & Komárek
  • Dolichospermum lemmermannii (P.G.Richt.) Wacklin, L.Hoffm. & Komárek
  • Dolichospermum longicellulare (Pankow) Wacklin, Hoffmann & Komárek
  • Dolichospermum macrosporum (Kleb.) Wacklin, L.Hoffm. & Komárek
  • Dolichospermum mendotae (Trel.) Wacklin, L.Hoffm. & Komárek
  • Dolichospermum mucosum (Komárk.-Legn. & Eloranta) Wacklin, L.Hoffm. & Komárek
  • Dolichospermum nygaardii (Cronberg & Komárek) Wackl. et al.
  • Dolichospermum perturbatum (H.Hill) Wacklin, L.Hoffm. & Komárek
  • Dolichospermum planctonicum (Brunnth.) Wacklin, L.Hoffm. & Komárek
  • Dolichospermum sigmoideum (Nygaard) Wacklin, L.Hoffm. & Komárek
  • Dolichospermum skujaelaxum (Komárek & Zapomelová) P.Wacklin et al.
  • Dolichospermum smithii (Komárek) Wacklin, L.Hoffm. & Komárek
  • Dolichospermum smithii Thwaites
  • Dolichospermum solitarium (Kleb.) Wacklin, L.Hoffm. & Komárek
  • Dolichospermum spiroides (Kleb.) Wacklin, L.Hoffm. & Komárek
  • Dolichospermum tenericaule (Nygaard) E.Zapomelová, O.Skácelová, P.Pumann, R.Kopp & E.Janecek
  • Dolichospermum viguieri (Denis & Frémy) Wacklin, L.Hoffm. & Komárek
  • Dolichospermum zinserlingii (Kossinsk.) P.Wacklin et al.

References

  1. ^ a b c "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.
  3. ^ Dreher, Theo W.; Davis, Edward W.; Mueller, Ryan S. (March 2021). "Complete genomes derived by directly sequencing freshwater bloom populations emphasize the significance of the genus level ADA clade within the Nostocales". Harmful Algae. 103: 102005. doi:10.1016/j.hal.2021.102005.