Calothrix is a genus of cyanobacteria. They are generally found in freshwater.[2]
Calothrix | |
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A 1921 drawing of Calothrix | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Bacteria |
Phylum: | Cyanobacteria |
Class: | Cyanophyceae |
Order: | Nostocales |
Family: | Rivulariaceae |
Genus: | Calothrix Bornet & Flahault 1886[1] |
Species | |
Calothrix adscendens |
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References
edit- ^ "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.