Woronichinia

Woronichinia
Scientific classification
Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Bacillati
Phylum: Cyanobacteria
Class: Cyanophyceae
Order: Synechococcales
Family: Coelosphaeriaceae
Genus: Woronichinia
A.A.Elenkin

Woronichinia is a genus of cyanobacteria, belonging to the family Coelosphaeriaceae.

The genus was described in 1933 by Alexander Elenkin and is named after the Russian microbiologist N. N. Woronichin (1882—1956).

The genus is native to Europe and Northern America.

Species:

  • Woronichinia botrys (Skuja) Komárek & Hindák, 1988
  • Woronichinia compacta (Lemmermann) Komárek & Hindák, 1988
  • Woronichinia delicatula (Skuja) Komárek & Hindák, 1988
  • Woronichinia elorantae Komárek & Komárková-Legnerová, 1992
  • Woronichinia fremyi (Komárek) Komárek & Hindák, 1988
  • Woronichinia fusca (Skuja) Komárek & Hindák, 1988
  • Woronichinia karelica Komárek & Komárková-Legnerová, 1992
  • Woronichinia klingiae Komárek & Komárková-Legnerová, 1992
  • Woronichinia kuseliae M.Watanabe & Komárek, 1994
  • Woronichinia meiocystis Joosten, 2006
  • Woronichinia microcystoides (Komárek) Joosten, 2006
  • Woronichinia naegeliana (Unger) Elenkin, 1933
  • Woronichinia obtusa Joosten, 2006
  • Woronichinia problematica Joosten, 2006
  • Woronichinia radians (Hortobágyi) Komárek & Hindák, 1988
  • Woronichinia robusta (Skuja) Komárek & Hindák, 1988
  • Woronichinia tenera (Skuja) Komárek & Hindák, 1988