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Name derivation:
Classification:
Cyanobium Rippka & Cohen-Bazire 1983; 8 of 17 species descriptions are currently accepted taxonomically (Guiry 2013) Order Chroococcales; Family Cyanobacteriaceae
Morphology:
Cells vary from oval to cylindrical, from 3 to 100 µm long, with little or no evident mucilage exterior. Color varies from cyano to green, pink or purple. May be present in groups of cells.
Similar genera:
Cyanothece Komárek 1976, presumably not synonymous (Guiry 2013).
Habitat:
Freshwater or marine picoplankton.
References:
Guiry, M.D. in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2013. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 16 January 2013. Komárek, J. 1976. Taxonomic review of the generaSynechocystis Sauv. 1892, Synechococcus Näg. 1849, and Cyanothece gen. nov (Cyanophyceae). Archiv für Protistenkunde 118: 119-179. Rippka, R. and G. Cohen-Bazire 1983. The cyanobacteriales: a legitimate order based on the type strain Cyanobacterium stanieri?. Ann. Microbiol. (Inst. Pasteur) 134B: 21-36.