Illustration of "Cylindrospermum stagnale". h, heterocyst; sp, resting spore

Cylindrospermum is a genus of filamentous cyanobacteria found in terrestrial and aquatic environments.[2] In terrestrial ecosystems, Cylindrospermum is found in soils, and in aquatic ones, it commonly grows as part of the periphyton on aquatic plants. The genus is heterocystous (nitrogen-fixing) cyanobacteria.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Cylindrospermum". www.uniprot.org.
  2. ^ Guiry, M.D.; Guiry, G.M. "Cylindrospermum". AlgaeBase. University of Galway.
  3. ^ Carr, N.G.; Whitton, B.A. (1973). The Biology of Blue-Green Algae. Berkeley: University of California Press. p. 262. ISBN 978-0520023444. Retrieved 2019-09-07.


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