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BLUE-GREEN ALGAE; OXYGENIC PHOTOSYNTHETIC BACTERIA
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Anabaena sperica, a filamentous cyanobacterium
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Anabaena sperica, a filamentous cyanobacterium
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Nostoc
Overview
A group of unicellular, colonial, or filamentous bacteria that conduct photosynthesis using chlorophyll a.

Phylogeny
  • Cyanobacteria -- Cyanobacteria
    • Chroococcales
      • Chamaesiphon
      • Chroococcus
      • Cyanobacterium
      • Cyanobium
      • Cyanothece
      • Dactylococcopsis
      • Gloeobacter
      • Gloeocapsa
      • Gloeothece
      • Microcystis
      • Prochlorococcus
      • Prochloron
      • Synechococcus
      • Synechocystis
    • Pleurocapsales
      • Cyanocystis
      • Dermocarpella
      • Stanieria
      • Xenococcus
      • Chroococcidiopsis
      • Myxosarcina
      • Pleurocapsa group
    • Oscillatoriales
      • Arthrospira
      • Borzia
      • Crinalium
      • Geitlerinema
      • Leptolyngbya
      • Limnothrix
      • Lyngbya
      • Microcoleus
      • Oscillatoria
      • Planktothrix
      • Prochlorothrix
      • Pseudanabaena
      • Spirulina
      • Starria
      • Symploca
      • Trichodesmium
      • Tychonema
    • Nostocales
      • Anabaena
      • Anabaenopsis
      • Aphanizomenon
      • Cyanospira
      • Cylindrospermopsis
      • Cylindrospermum
      • Nodularia
      • Nostoc
      • Scytonema
      • Calothrix
      • Rivularia
      • Tolypothrix
    • Stigonematales
      • Chlorogloeopsis
      • Fischerella
      • Geitleria
      • Iyengariella
      • Nostochopsis
      • Stigonema


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