Cylindrospermopsis

Cylindrospermopsis
Scientific classification
Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Bacillati
Phylum: Cyanobacteria
Class: Cyanophyceae
Order: Nostocales
Family: Aphanizomenonaceae
Genus: Cylindrospermopsis
Seenayya & Subbaraju, 1972

Cylindrospermopsis is a planktonic genus of filamentous cyanobacteria known for its blooms in eutrophic waters. The type species is the tropical Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii (Woloszynska) Seenayya & Subbaraju. The cyanotoxin cylindrospermopsin was first identified from a species of this genus.

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