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Chroococcales
Sign in to saveThe Chroococcales () are an order of cyanobacteria in some classifications which includes the harmful algal bloom Microcystis aeruginosa. Molecular data indicate that Chroococcales may be polyphyletic, meaning its members may not all belong to the same clade or have the same common ancestor.
Species
クロオコックス目
ORDER
- KingdomBacteria
- PhylumCyanobacteria
- ClassCyanobacteriia
- OrderCyanobacteriales
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 2
- With media
- 1
- Collections
- US, NHMUK
- Recorded in
- Central African Republic, Cayman Islands
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- Characteristics
- Prochlorales
- Ecology
- Discovery and naming
- Morphology
- References
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The Chroococcales () are an order of cyanobacteria in some classifications which includes the harmful algal bloom Microcystis aeruginosa. Molecular data indicate that Chroococcales may be polyphyletic, meaning its members may not all belong to the same clade or have the same common ancestor.
==Characteristics== The order is characterized by single, floating cells or colonies which are embedded to a matrix. Also, a lack of differentiation between apical and basal structures exists.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Chroococcales” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.