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Calothrix: Freshwater Cyanobacteria

Calothrix is a genus of cyanobacteria that are generally found in freshwater. Calothrix includes many species and is a filamentous bacteria that can attach to surfaces like diatoms or sediment. Calothrix has branching filaments and is commonly seen in aquatic environments.

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Calothrix: Freshwater Cyanobacteria

Calothrix is a genus of cyanobacteria that are generally found in freshwater. Calothrix includes many species and is a filamentous bacteria that can attach to surfaces like diatoms or sediment. Calothrix has branching filaments and is commonly seen in aquatic environments.

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Calothrix

Calothrix is a genus of cyanobacteria. They are generally found


Calothrix
in freshwater.[2]

Bright-field microscopy image of A 1921 drawing of Calothrix


epiphytic cyanobacterial symbiont
Calothrix rhizosoleniae SC01 9 Scientific classification
(indicated by arrows) attached to a Domain: Bacteria
host diatom Chaetoceros sp. (c).
Scale bar, 50 μm. Phylum: Cyanobacteria
Class: Cyanophyceae
Order: Nostocales
References Family: Rivulariaceae
1. "Calothrix" (http://www.algaebase.org/search/genus/d Genus: Calothrix
etail/?genus_id=e72f7bde74b4a1ec1&-session=abv4: Bornet & Flahault 1886 [1]
AC1F10080a1ca385A6HQ2B772EE5). AlgaeBase.
Retrieved 14 April 2018. Species
2. Rippka R, Castenholz RW, Herdman M (2015). "Form-
Calothrix". In Whitman WB (ed.). Bergey's Manual of Calothrix adscendens
Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria. Calothrix atricha
doi:10.1002/9781118960608.gbm00462 (https://doi.or Calothrix braunii
g/10.1002%2F9781118960608.gbm00462). Calothrix breviarticulata
Calothrix caespitora
Calothrix confervicola
Calothrix crustacea
Calothrix donnelli
Calothrix elenkinii
Calothrix epiphytica
Calothrix fusca
Calothrix juliana
Calothrix parasitica
Calothrix parietina
Calothrix pilosa
Calothrix pulvinata
Calothrix scopulorum
Calothrix scytonemicola
Calothrix simulans
Calothrix solitaria
Calothrix stagnalis
Calothrix stellaris
Calothrix thermalis
Calothrix 336/3

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