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Bacteria > Gram-Negative Bacteria > Gram-Negative Oxygenic Photosynthetic Bacteria > Cyanobacteria > Dolichospermum flos-aquae

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Dolichospermum flos-aquae  

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Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Anabaena flos-aquae
  • Anabaena flosaquae
  • Dolichospermum flosaquae

Scope note

  • A species in the genus Dolichospermum containing gas vacuoles that gives buoyancy to the organism. It was formerly classified under ANABAENA. It can form extensive blooms in FRESH WATER and is responsible for acute poisonings of various animals.

History note

  • 2022(2005)

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D046869

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