Raised bog blue algae

Raised bog blue algae
	Raised bog blue algae ( Cyanothece aeruginosa ) (Photo by the University of Göttingen)
Systematics
Department :	Cyanobacteria (Cyanobacteria)
Class :	Cyanophyceae
Order :	Oscillatoriales
Family :	Cyanothecaceae
Genre :	Cyanothece
Type :	Raised bog blue algae
Scientific name
	Cyanothece aeruginosa
	( Nägeli ) Komárek

The raised bog blue-green alga ( Cyanothece aeruginosa ) is a type of cyanobacteria (Cyanobacteria). The cells are 10 to 40 micrometers wide, 12 to 50 micrometers long, blue-green, cylindrical to ellipsoidal and have no sheaths. They are usually single, rarely in pairs. The swelling of excreted jelly allows the species to move slowly. The raised bog blue-green alga occurs individually or in blue-green approaches on wet heather soils, peat moss , damp moss and wet stones.

Cyanothece aeruginosa is the type species of the genus Cyanothece .

supporting documents

Heinz Streble , Dieter Krauter : Life in a drop of water. Microflora and microfauna of freshwater. An identification book. Franckh-Kosmos Verlag, Stuttgart 2008, ISBN 978-3-440-11966-2 .

Individual evidence

^ John D. Wehr, Robert G. Sheath: Freshwater algae of North America: ecology and classification , page 80.
↑ http://www.algaebase.org/search/species/detail/?species_id=30011 , accessed on September 11, 2009

Web links

Raised moor blue algae at www.algaebase.org

Commons : Raised Moor Blue Algae ( Cyanothece aeruginosa ) - Collection of images, videos and audio files

[1] John D. Wehr, Robert G. Sheath: Freshwater algae of North America: ecology and classification , page 80.

[2] ttp://www.algaebase.org/search/species/detail/?species_id=30011 , accessed on September 11, 2009