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Bacteria > Nitrogen-Fixing Bacteria > Plectonema
Bacteria > Gram-Negative Bacteria > Gram-Negative Oxygenic Photosynthetic Bacteria > Cyanobacteria > Plectonema

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Plectonema  

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Scope note

  • A form-genus of CYANOBACTERIA in the order Oscillatoriales. They are non-heterocystous but may carry out NITROGEN FIXATION under microaerobic conditions. Some smaller members have undergone transfer to the form-genus Leptolyngbya.

History note

  • 2005

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D046938

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