Calothrix
| Calothrix | |
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| A 1921 drawing of Calothrix | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Cyanobacteria |
| Class: | Cyanophyceae |
| Order: | Nostocales |
| Family: | Rivulariaceae |
| Genus: | Calothrix Bornet & Flahault 1886[1] |
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Calothrix is a genus of cyanobacteria. They are generally found in freshwater.[2]
Bright-field microscopy image of epiphytic cyanobacterial symbiont Calothrix rhizosoleniae SC01 9 (indicated by arrows) attached to a host diatom Chaetoceros sp. (c). Scale bar, 50 μm.
References[]
- ^ "Calothrix". AlgaeBase. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
- ^ Rippka R, Castenholz RW, Herdman M (2015). "Form-Calothrix". In Whitman WB (ed.). Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria. doi:10.1002/9781118960608.gbm00462.
Categories:
- Rivulariaceae
- Cyanobacteria genera
- Cyanobacteria stubs