Mcgregor, Glenn B.;Sendall, Barbara C.
Dolichospermum
Sign in to saveDolichospermum is a genus of cyanobacteria belonging to the family Nostocaceae. 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.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomBacteria
- PhylumCyanobacteria
- ClassCyanobacteriia
- OrderCyanobacteriales
- FamilyNostocaceae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 9
- With media
- 4
- Family
- Aphanizomenonaceae
- Collections
- US, IPA/SP, UFRPE, MNHN
- Recorded in
- United Kingdom, Brasil, Sweden, Royaume-Uni
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Aphanizomenonaceae
- Image
- Dolichospermum crassum.jpg
Show 6 more facts
- taxon name
- Dolichospermum
- taxon rank
- genus
- Gram staining
- gram-negative bacteria
- Commons category
- Dolichospermum
Sources (1)
via Wikidata · CC0
~2 min read
Encyclopedic overview
2 sectionsContents
- Species
- References
Dolichospermum is a genus of cyanobacteria belonging to the family Nostocaceae. 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.
The genus has cosmopolitan distribution.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Dolichospermum” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.