Gomontiellaceae

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The Gomontiellaceae are a family of cyanobacteria.[2]

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Gomontiellaceae
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Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Bacillati
Phylum: Cyanobacteriota
Class: Cyanophyceae
Order: Oscillatoriales
Family: Gomontiellaceae
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Genera[1]
  • Crinalium Crow 1927
  • Gomontiella Teoderesco 1901
  • Hormoscilla Anagnostidis et Komárek 1988
  • Katagnymene Lemmermann 1899
  • Komvophoron Anagnostidis et Komárek 1988
  • Starria Lang 1977
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The genus name of Gomontiella is in honour of Maurice-Augustin Gomont (1839 - 1909), who was a French phycologist.[3]

The genus was circumscribed by Emanoil Constantin Teodoresco in Verh. K.K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien vol.52 on page 760 in 1901.

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