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Microcystis  Lemmermann
Taxonomic Serial No.: 747

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Bacteria  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s): Sphaerocavum M.T.P. Azevedo & Sant'Anna
  
    Micraloa Biasoletto
  
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2024   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomBacteria Cavalier-Smith, 2002 – bactéries, bacteria, bacterias, bactérias  
    SubkingdomNegibacteria Cavalier-Smith, 2002  
       PhylumCyanobacteriota Oren, Mares & Rippka  
          ClassCyanophyceae Schaffner – cyanophytes, blue-green algae  
             OrderChroococcales Schaffner  
                FamilyMicrocystaceae Elenkin  
                   GenusMicrocystis Lemmermann  
    Direct Children:  
                      Species Microcystis aeruginosa (Kützing) Kützing  
                      Species Microcystis amethystina (Filarszky) Forti  
                      Species Microcystis angulata Zalessky  
                      Species Microcystis argentea J. Schiller  
                      Species Microcystis bengalensis Banerji  
                      Species Microcystis botrys Teiling  
                      Species Microcystis brasiliensis (M.T.P. Azevedo & Sant'Anna) Rigonato et al.  
                      Species Microcystis chroococcoidea West & G.S. West  
                      Species Microcystis comperei Komárek  
                      Species Microcystis complanata Skuja  
                      Species Microcystis cretacica Beraldi, Cevallos & Chacón-Baca  
                      Species Microcystis densa G.S. West  
                      Species Microcystis dimidiata (Kützing) P.C. Silva  
                      Species Microcystis dimorpha Joosten  
                      Species Microcystis elabentoides Zalessky  
                      Species Microcystis elongata Desikachary  
                      Species Microcystis endophytica (G.M. Smith) Elenkin  
                      Species Microcystis enteromorpha G.H. Schwabe  
                      Species Microcystis exigua Zalessky  
                      Species Microcystis firma (Kützing) Schmidle  
                      Species Microcystis flos-aquae (Wittrock) O. Kirchner  
                      Species Microcystis fusca Zalessky  
                      Species Microcystis fuscolutea (Hansgirg) Migula  
                      Species Microcystis glauca (Wolle) Drouet & Daily  
                      Species Microcystis glebulenta Zalessky  
                      Species Microcystis globosa Zalessky  
                      Species Microcystis ichthyoblabe (G. Kunze) Kützing  
                      Species Microcystis lamelliformis Holsinger  
                      Species Microcystis lutescens J. Schiller  
                      Species Microcystis marginata (Meneghini) Kützing  
                      Species Microcystis maxima C. Bernard  
                      Species Microcystis merismopedioides F.E. Fritsch  
                      Species Microcystis microcystiformis (Hindák) Joosten  
                      Species Microcystis montana (Teodoresco) J.B. De Toni  
                      Species Microcystis natans Lemmermann ex Skuja  
                      Species Microcystis novacekii (Komárek) Compère  
                      Species Microcystis ochracea (Brand) Lemmermann  
                      Species Microcystis olivacea Kützing  
                      Species Microcystis orissica West  
                      Species Microcystis ovalis Hollenberg  
                      Species Microcystis packardii (Farlow) Tilden  
                      Species Microcystis panniformis Komárek, Komárková-Legnerová, Sant'Anna, M.T.P. Azevedo & P.A.C. Senna  
                      Species Microcystis prasina (Wittrock) Lemmermann  
                      Species Microcystis protocystis W.B. Crow  
                      Species Microcystis protogenita (Biasoletto) Rabenhorst  
                      Species Microcystis pseudofilamentosa W.B. Crow  
                      Species Microcystis pulverea (H.C. Wood) Forti  
                      Species Microcystis ramosa Bharadwaja  
                      Species Microcystis reticulata Lemmermann  
                      Species Microcystis robusta (H.W. Clark) Nygaard  
                      Species Microcystis rosea Kufferath  
                      Species Microcystis roseo-persicinus (Kützing) G.S. West  
                      Species Microcystis rubescens (Brébisson) Meneghini  
                      Species Microcystis scripta (P. Richter) Lemmermann  
                      Species Microcystis sesciacensis (Frémy) Kossinskaja  
                      Species Microcystis smithii Komárek & Anagnostidis  
                      Species Microcystis splendens Hollenberg  
                      Species Microcystis supersalsa J. Schiller  
                      Species Microcystis thermalis Y. Yoneda  
                      Species Microcystis toxica E.L. Stephens  
                      Species Microcystis viridis (A. Braun) Lemmermann  
                      Species Microcystis wesenbergii (Komárek) Komárek ex Komárek  
                      Species Microcystis zanardinii (Hauck) P.C. Silva  
       

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  Source: Cyanobacteria of the World (2024), database (version 2024)  
  Acquired: 2024   
  Notes: Update prepared for ITIS by Dail Laughinghouse, Forrest Leffler, and David Berthold (University of Florida); derived from CyanoSeq with additional reference to CyanoDB, Algaebase, and literature   
  Reference for: Microcystis   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Reference for: Microcystis   
       
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