Cyanobium gracile Rippka & Cohen-Bazire 1983
Publication Details
Cyanobium gracile Rippka & Cohen-Bazire 1983: 32, fig. 4
Published in: Rippka, R. & Cohen-Bazire, G. (1983). The Cyanobacteriales: a legitimate order based on the type strain Cyanobacterium stanieri?. Annales de l'Institut Pasteur, Microbiologie 134B: 21-36.
Request PDFType Species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Cyanobium.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Type Information
Type locality: Lake in Wisconsin, USA, sampled in 1949; (Komárek & al. 2020: 183) Notes: Type strain PCC 6307 (INA) =UTEX 1548 (Komárek et al., 2020: 183). TYPE?
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), thin, slender (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Description
Emended description (Komárek et al., 2020: 183).
Created: 26 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 14 January 2022
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Habitat note
Freshwater lakes, but also brackish waters (Komárek et al., 2020: 183). - (09 April 2021) - G.M. Guiry
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 14 January 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 01 April 2025
