Phormidium

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Phormidium
A Phormidium colony in Reunion Island

A Phormidium colony in Reunion Island

Systematics
Domain : Bacteria (bacteria)
Department : Cyanobacteria ("Cyanobacteria")
Class : Cyanobacteria (Cyanobacteria)
Order : Oscillatoriales
Family : Phormidiaceae
Genre : Phormidium
Scientific name
Phormidium
Kützing ex Gomont , 1892

Phormidium is a genus of filamentous cyanobacteria , or "blue-green algae". The type species of the genus is Phormidium lucidum Kützing ex Gomont . The genus forms toxic secondary metabolites .

features

Phormidium grows in mats made of long, unbranched cell threads (filaments). These are surrounded by a thin, colorless jelly shell. Single cells are blue-green to purple in color. Hormogonies are formed for reproduction.

Types (selection)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.algaebase.org/search/genus/detail/?genus_id=43079
  2. ↑ Toxic potential of five freshwater Phormidium species (Cyanoprokaryota). Teneva I, Dzhambazov B, Koleva L, Mladenov R & Schirmer K .; Toxicon . 2005 May; 45 (6): 711-25.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ↑ http://www.algaebase.org/search/genus/detail/?genus_id=43079

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