Phormidium

Phormidium
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Kingdom:	Bacillati
Phylum:	Cyanobacteriota
Class:	Cyanophyceae
Order:	Oscillatoriales
Family:	Oscillatoriaceae
Genus:	Phormidium; Kützing ex Gomont, 1892

Phormidium is a common genus of cyanobacteria with a cosmopolitan distribution. This genus is in the family Oscillatoriaceae. Species in this genus will produce a range of cyanotoxins. Under favorable conditions, Phormidium forms continuous and large mats, which are documented to harbor various species of bacteria or algae.

As a result of recent genetic analyses, several new genera were erected from this genus, e.g. Potamolinea.

Species

83, including

Moved:

Phormidium africanum → Leptolyngbya africana
Phormidium formosum → Kamptonema formosum

References

↑ "Phormidium Kützing ex Gomont, 1892". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
↑ McAllister, Tara G.; Wood, Susanna A.; Hawes, Ian (May 2016). "The rise of toxic benthic Phormidium proliferations: A review of their taxonomy, distribution, toxin content and factors regulating prevalence and increased severity". Harmful Algae. 55: 282–294. doi:10.1016/j.hal.2016.04.002. PMID 28073542.
↑ Martins, Mariéllen Dornelles; Branco, Luis Henrique Zanini (2016). "Potamolinea gen. Nov. (Oscillatoriales, Cyanobacteria): A phylogenetically and ecologically coherent cyanobacterial genus". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 66 (9): 3632–3641. doi:10.1099/ijsem.0.001243. hdl:11449/173597. PMID 27307052.
↑ NCBI Taxonomy Browser: Phormidium subfuscum Kützing ex Gomont, 1892 (species).
↑ LPSN: Species Phormidium africanum Lemmermann 1910 and Species Phormidium africanum Lemmermann 1914 Archived 1 January 2024 at the Wayback Machine.
↑ LPSN: Species Phormidium formosum.

This cyanobacteria-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by adding missing information.

[1] "Phormidium Kützing ex Gomont, 1892". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 17 September 2021.

[2] McAllister, Tara G.; Wood, Susanna A.; Hawes, Ian (May 2016). "The rise of toxic benthic Phormidium proliferations: A review of their taxonomy, distribution, toxin content and factors regulating prevalence and increased severity". Harmful Algae. 55: 282–294. doi:10.1016/j.hal.2016.04.002. PMID 28073542.

[3] Martins, Mariéllen Dornelles; Branco, Luis Henrique Zanini (2016). "Potamolinea gen. Nov. (Oscillatoriales, Cyanobacteria): A phylogenetically and ecologically coherent cyanobacterial genus". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 66 (9): 3632–3641. doi:10.1099/ijsem.0.001243. hdl:11449/173597. PMID 27307052.

[4] NCBI Taxonomy Browser: Phormidium subfuscum Kützing ex Gomont, 1892 (species).

[5] LPSN: Species Phormidium africanum Lemmermann 1910 and Species Phormidium africanum Lemmermann 1914 Archived 1 January 2024 at the Wayback Machine.

[6] LPSN: Species Phormidium formosum.