Phormidium

Phormidium
Scientific classification
Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Bacillati
Phylum: Cyanobacteria
Class: Cyanophyceae
Order: Oscillatoriales
Family: Oscillatoriaceae
Genus: Phormidium
Kützing ex Gomont, 1892

Phormidium is a genus of cyanobacteria in the family Oscillatoriaceae.

As a result of recent genetic analyses, several new genera were erected from this genus, e.g. Potamolinea.