Dolichospermum flos-aquae
Species of bacterium
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Dolichospermum flos-aquae is a species of cyanobacteria belonging to the family Aphanizomenonaceae.[1]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Bacillati |
| Phylum: | Cyanobacteriota |
| Class: | Cyanophyceae |
| Order: | Nostocales |
| Family: | Aphanizomenonaceae |
| Genus: | Dolichospermum |
| Species: | D. flos-aquae |
| Binomial name | |
| Dolichospermum flos-aquae (Brébisson ex Bornet & Flahault) P.Wacklin, L.Hoffmann & J.Komárek, 2009 | |
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Type locality: Sweden, Denmark, Scotland, France, Germany, USA.[1]
Taxonomy
It was originally described as Anabaena flos-aquae. Dolichospermum was created in 2009, bringing in a well-defined group from Anabaena. The similarly-named Aphanizomenon flos-aquae falls into the clade, but was not renamed.[2]
Genomes
As of 2025, 4 genomes of D. flos-aquae are available on NCBI.[3]
As of 2025 (Release 10-RS226), GTDB's genome-based taxonomy assigns the genomes sequenced as D. flos-aquae as:
- Dolichospermum flos-aquae LEGE 04289, assigned to Dolichospermum planctonicum
- Dolichospermum flos-aquae CCAP 1403/13F, assigned to Dolichospermum lemmermannii as species-representative
- Dolichospermum flos-aquae UHCC 0037, assigned to Dolichospermum heterosporum.