Lyngbya

Lyngbya
	Lyngbya
Systematics
Domain :	Bacteria (bacteria)
Department :	Cyanobacteria ("Cyanobacteria")
Class :	Cyanobacteria (Cyanobacteria)
Order :	Oscillatoriales
Family :	Oscillatoriaceae
Genre :	Lyngbya
Scientific name
	Lyngbya
	Agardh Ex Gomont , 1892

Lyngbya is a genus of filamentous cyanobacteria or "blue-green algae". Type species of the genus is Lyngbya confervoides C. Agardh . The genus is named after Hans Christian Lyngbye .

features

As is typical for the Oscillatoriales , Lyngbya grows in long, unbranched cell threads, also called filaments. These are surrounded by an, often colorless, gelatinous shell. The filaments can form mats. The single cells are longer than they are wide. Hormogonies are formed for reproduction.

Types (selection)

Individual evidence

↑ http://www.algaebase.org/search/genus/detail/?genus_id=42975&sk=0
^ DM John, Brian A. Whitton, Alan J. Brook: The freshwater algal flora of the British Isles: an identification guide to freshwater and terrestrial algae , Volume 1. Cambridge University Press (England) 2002.

Web links

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[1] ttp://www.algaebase.org/search/genus/detail/?genus_id=42975&sk=0

[2] DM John, Brian A. Whitton, Alan J. Brook: The freshwater algal flora of the British Isles: an identification guide to freshwater and terrestrial algae , Volume 1. Cambridge University Press (England) 2002.