Cylindrospermum

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]

Kingdom:Bacillati

Phylum:Cyanobacteriota

Class:Cyanophyceae

Order:Nostocales

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Cylindrospermum
Illustration of Cylindrospermum stagnale. h, heterocyst; sp, resting spore
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Kingdom:	Bacillati
Phylum:	Cyanobacteriota
Class:	Cyanophyceae
Order:	Nostocales
Family:	Nostocaceae
Genus:	Cylindrospermum Kützing ex Bornet & Flahault, 1886
Species[1]
C. alatosporum C. badium C. catenatum C. licheniforme C. majus C. marchicum C. michailovskoense C. moravicum C. muscicola C. pellucidum C. siamensis C. skujae C. stagnale

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