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Oscillatoria Vaucher ex Gomont
Taxonomic Serial No.: 917

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Taxonomy and Nomenclature


	Kingdom:	Bacteria
	Taxonomic Rank:	Genus
	Synonym(s):	Oscillatoria contorta Schousboe
		Oscillaria Engler
	Common Name(s):

	Taxonomic Status:
	Current Standing:	valid

	Data Quality Indicators:
	Record Credibility Rating:	verified - standards met
	Global Species Completeness:	complete
	Latest Record Review:	2024

Taxonomic Hierarchy


	Kingdom	Bacteria Cavalier-Smith, 2002 – bactéries, bacteria, bacterias, bactérias
	Subkingdom	Negibacteria Cavalier-Smith, 2002
	Phylum	Cyanobacteriota Oren, Mares & Rippka
	Class	Cyanophyceae Schaffner – cyanophytes, blue-green algae
	Order	Oscillatoriales Schaffner
	Family	Oscillatoriaceae (Gray) O. Kirchner
	Genus	Oscillatoria Vaucher ex Gomont
		Direct Children:
	Species	Oscillaria muscorum Carmichael
	Species	Oscillatoria acus Corda ex Gomont
	Species	Oscillatoria acutiformis Skuja
	Species	Oscillatoria adansonii Vaucher ex Gomont
	Species	Oscillatoria additicia N.L. Gardner
	Species	Oscillatoria aerugescens Drummond ex Gomont
	Species	Oscillatoria aeruginosa C. Agardh ex Gomont
	Species	Oscillatoria affinis Kützing ex Gomont
	Species	Oscillatoria alcyonii P. Crouan & H. Crouan ex Gomont
	Species	Oscillatoria americana Kützing ex Gomont
	Species	Oscillatoria amethystina H.F. Buell
	Species	Oscillatoria anguiformis (P. González) Anagnostidis
	Species	Oscillatoria anguina Bory ex Gomont
	Species	Oscillatoria anisimovae Elenkin
	Species	Oscillatoria annae Goor
	Species	Oscillatoria antarctica A. Massalski, T. Mrozinska & M. Olech
	Species	Oscillatoria anthracina De Notaris ex Gomont
	Species	Oscillatoria antillarum Kützing ex Gomont
	Species	Oscillatoria antliaria Mertens ex Gomont
	Species	Oscillatoria atlantica Lindstedt
	Species	Oscillatoria australis C. Agardh ex Gomont
	Species	Oscillatoria bacillus Schrank ex Gomont
	Species	Oscillatoria baltica Eberly
	Species	Oscillatoria bangii Carmichael ex Forti
	Species	Oscillatoria belmontica H. Welsh
	Species	Oscillatoria bharadwajae Kamat
	Species	Oscillatoria bicudoi P.A.C. Senna
	Species	Oscillatoria biswasii Kamat
	Species	Oscillatoria bonnemaisonii P. Crouan & H. Crouan ex Gomont
	Species	Oscillatoria brasiliensis Molinari & Guiry
	Species	Oscillatoria breviarticulata Frémy
	Species	Oscillatoria caerulea Kützing ex Gomont
	Species	Oscillatoria canescens C. Agardh ex Gomont
	Species	Oscillatoria capitata West
	Species	Oscillatoria capucina P. Crouan & H. Crouan ex Gomont
	Species	Oscillatoria carmichaelii Hassall ex Gomont
	Species	Oscillatoria castanea Hoffmann & V. Demoulin
	Species	Oscillatoria chalybescens Corda ex Gomont
	Species	Oscillatoria chilkensis Biswas
	Species	Oscillatoria chutteri H. Welsh
	Species	Oscillatoria cinerea Hassall ex Gomont
	Species	Oscillatoria circinata Kützing ex Gomont
	Species	Oscillatoria clausiana H.J. Jones
	Species	Oscillatoria clavata Corda ex Gomont
	Species	Oscillatoria coelestis Kützing ex Gomont
	Species	Oscillatoria conardii Kufferath
	Species	Oscillatoria conformis H. Welsh
	Species	Oscillatoria contexta Carmichael ex Gomont
	Species	Oscillatoria corakiana Playfair
	Species	Oscillatoria corallicola P. Crouan & H. Crouan ex Gomont
	Species	Oscillatoria corallinae Gomont
	Species	Oscillatoria crassa (C.B. Rao) Anagnostidis
	Species	Oscillatoria crassicalypta Chu & C.K. Tseng
	Species	Oscillatoria crenata Fiorini-Mazzanti ex Gomont
	Species	Oscillatoria croasdaleae N.D. Kamat
	Species	Oscillatoria cruenta Grunow ex Gomont
	Species	Oscillatoria cryptarthra Kützing ex Gomont
	Species	Oscillatoria curvula Corda ex Gomont
	Species	Oscillatoria cyanea C. Agardh ex Gomont
	Species	Oscillatoria cyprinii Léger & Bory
	Species	Oscillatoria decorticans Lyngbye ex Gomont
	Species	Oscillatoria delicatissima Iltis
	Species	Oscillatoria depauperata (J.J. Copeland) Anagnostidis
	Species	Oscillatoria detersa Stizenberger ex Gomont
	Species	Oscillatoria dickiei Hassall ex Gomont
	Species	Oscillatoria difficilis H. Welsh
	Species	Oscillatoria dispartita Claus
	Species	Oscillatoria dissiliens Fiorini-Mazzanti ex Gomont
	Species	Oscillatoria distincta Skvortsov
	Species	Oscillatoria distorta C. Agardh ex Gomont
	Species	Oscillatoria divergens Corda ex Gomont
	Species	Oscillatoria dubia Kützing ex Gomont
	Species	Oscillatoria dufourii De Notaris ex Gomont
	Species	Oscillatoria dulcis Kützing ex Gomont
	Species	Oscillatoria dzemansor Woronichin
	Species	Oscillatoria elegans C. Agardh ex Gomont
	Species	Oscillatoria engelmanniana Gaidukov
	Species	Oscillatoria enhydris Corda
	Species	Oscillatoria euboeica Anagnostidis
	Species	Oscillatoria euglenae Kützing ex Gomont
	Species	Oscillatoria euphorbiae Corda ex Gomont
	Species	Oscillatoria facilis Skuja
	Species	Oscillatoria fallax Bory ex Gomont
	Species	Oscillatoria fasciculata Nordstedt ex Gomont
	Species	Oscillatoria fenestralis Kützing ex Gomont
	Species	Oscillatoria fenestrata Corda ex Gomont
	Species	Oscillatoria filaria Schrank ex Gomont
	Species	Oscillatoria fischeri Corda ex Forti
	Species	Oscillatoria flava Fjerdingstad
	Species	Oscillatoria flavofusca P. Crouan & H. Crouan ex Gomont
	Species	Oscillatoria flexa Playfair
	Species	Oscillatoria flexuosa C. Agardh ex Gomont
	Species	Oscillatoria fontinalis C. Agardh ex Gomont
	Species	Oscillatoria fracta G.W.F. Carlson
	Species	Oscillatoria fragilis Böcher
	Species	Oscillatoria fulgens Böcher
	Species	Oscillatoria funiformis (Vouk) Komárek
	Species	Oscillatoria fusca Vaucher ex Gomont
	Species	Oscillatoria fuscoatra Hauck ex Gomont
	Species	Oscillatoria fuscorubra P. Crouan & H. Crouan ex Gomont
	Species	Oscillatoria gamdiensis A.D. Mahajan & R.J. Patel
	Species	Oscillatoria gardneriana Drouet
	Species	Oscillatoria gerdae Compère
	Species	Oscillatoria gigantea (Schmidle) Compère
	Species	Oscillatoria glacialis Wittrock ex Forti
	Species	Oscillatoria glauca Kützing ex Forti
	Species	Oscillatoria glaucescens Kützing ex Gomont
	Species	Oscillatoria graminis Areschoug ex Forti
	Species	Oscillatoria granulosa G. Martens ex Desikachary
	Species	Oscillatoria grateloupii Bory ex Gomont
	Species	Oscillatoria grossigranulata Skuja
	Species	Oscillatoria hameloides C.G.M. Archibald
	Species	Oscillatoria helferiana Corda ex Gomont
	Species	Oscillatoria homoeotrichoides Kützing
	Species	Oscillatoria hummelii O. Borge
	Species	Oscillatoria hydrurimorpha P. Crouan & H. Crouan ex Gomont
	Species	Oscillatoria hyemalis Corda ex Gomont
	Species	Oscillatoria iltisii Compère
	Species	Oscillatoria impura Castagne ex Gomont
	Species	Oscillatoria inaequalis Cholnoky
	Species	Oscillatoria indica P.C. Silva
	Species	Oscillatoria infectoria Tassi ex Gomont
	Species	Oscillatoria inflata Meneghini ex Gomont
	Species	Oscillatoria insignis Thwaites ex Gomont
	Species	Oscillatoria intermedia P. Crouan & H. Crouan ex Gomont
	Species	Oscillatoria intermixta Kützing ex Gomont
	Species	Oscillatoria interrupta Corda ex Gomont
	Species	Oscillatoria intestinalis Robin ex Forti
	Species	Oscillatoria iridescens Kützing ex Gomont
	Species	Oscillatoria janus Skuja
	Species	Oscillatoria jenensis G. Schmid
	Species	Oscillatoria juliana Meneghini ex Gomont
	Species	Oscillatoria jumnae Zeller ex Srinivasan
	Species	Oscillatoria kansuensis C.-C. Jao
	Species	Oscillatoria kawamurae Negoro
	Species	Oscillatoria koettlitzii F.E. Fritsch
	Species	Oscillatoria kolhapurensis Molinari & Guiry
	Species	Oscillatoria komarovii Anisimova
	Species	Oscillatoria kovalchookiana Skvortsov
	Species	Oscillatoria kurziana G. Martens ex Desikachary
	Species	Oscillatoria kwangsiensis Chu & C.K. Tseng
	Species	Oscillatoria laetevirens Bang ex Forti
	Species	Oscillatoria laevigata Vaucher ex Gomont
	Species	Oscillatoria laingii Hoffmann & V. Demoulin
	Species	Oscillatoria lanata Corda ex Forti
	Species	Oscillatoria lanceolata Corda ex Gomont
	Species	Oscillatoria lanosa Bory ex Gomont
	Species	Oscillatoria leavittae H.F. Buell
	Species	Oscillatoria leonardii Compère
	Species	Oscillatoria leptomitiformis Meneghini ex Gomont
	Species	Oscillatoria levis (N.L. Gardner) Anagnostidis
	Species	Oscillatoria limosa C. Agardh ex Gomont
	Species	Oscillatoria lineata Szafer
	Species	Oscillatoria lineolata Ardissone ex Gomont
	Species	Oscillatoria longiarticulata P. Crouan & H. Crouan ex Gomont
	Species	Oscillatoria ludoviciana Flint & Prescott
	Species	Oscillatoria luteola Drouet
	Species	Oscillatoria lutescens Pankow & Jahnke
	Species	Oscillatoria mahabaleshwarensis N.D. Kamat
	Species	Oscillatoria maharastrensis Kamat
	Species	Oscillatoria major Vaucher ex Forti
	Species	Oscillatoria maldonadoana Drouet
	Species	Oscillatoria maraaensis Setchell
	Species	Oscillatoria margaritifera Kützing ex Gomont
	Species	Oscillatoria maricola N.L. Gardner
	Species	Oscillatoria martensii Corda ex Gomont
	Species	Oscillatoria mascarenica Bory ex Gomont
	Species	Oscillatoria maxima Kützing ex Gomont
	Species	Oscillatoria mehrai Vasishta
	Species	Oscillatoria membranacea Corda ex Gomont
	Species	Oscillatoria meretrix Bory ex Gomont
	Species	Oscillatoria meslinii Frémy
	Species	Oscillatoria microcoleiformis P. Crouan & H. Crouan ex Gomont
	Species	Oscillatoria microscopica Heydrich
	Species	Oscillatoria miniata Hauck ex Gomont
	Species	Oscillatoria minutissima P. González
	Species	Oscillatoria mitrae Kamat
	Species	Oscillatoria mougeotiana C. Agardh ex Gomont
	Species	Oscillatoria mucosa Hassall ex Gomont
	Species	Oscillatoria muralis (Dillwyn) C. Agardh
	Species	Oscillatoria muscorum C. Agardh
	Species	Oscillatoria nectariensis Montagne ex Gomont
	Species	Oscillatoria nitida Schkorbatow
	Species	Oscillatoria nodulosa Turpin ex Forti
	Species	Oscillatoria notata Corda ex Gomont
	Species	Oscillatoria novae-zelandiae Nash
	Species	Oscillatoria nylstromica Claassen
	Species	Oscillatoria obscura Brühl & Biswas
	Species	Oscillatoria obtusa N.L. Gardner
	Species	Oscillatoria oceanica Karsten
	Species	Oscillatoria olivaceobrunnea Hoffmann & V. Demoulin
	Species	Oscillatoria ornata Kützing ex Gomont
	Species	Oscillatoria pannosa Bory ex Gomont
	Species	Oscillatoria pelagica Falkenberg ex Gomont
	Species	Oscillatoria penicillus Corda ex Gomont
	Species	Oscillatoria percursa Gomont
	Species	Oscillatoria perornata Skuja
	Species	Oscillatoria pharaonis Bory ex Gomont
	Species	Oscillatoria phycophytica Frémy
	Species	Oscillatoria physodes Kützing ex Gomont
	Species	Oscillatoria pilicola D.E. Wujek & T.A. Lincoln
	Species	Oscillatoria poeppigiana Grunow ex Forti
	Species	Oscillatoria poerzleriana Rabenhorst ex Gomont
	Species	Oscillatoria pollinii Meneghini ex Gomont
	Species	Oscillatoria porrettana Meneghini ex Gomont
	Species	Oscillatoria potapoviana Claus
	Species	Oscillatoria princeps Vaucher ex Gomont
	Species	Oscillatoria proboscidea Gomont
	Species	Oscillatoria producta West & G.S. West
	Species	Oscillatoria pseudoangusta Claus
	Species	Oscillatoria pseudocurviceps H. Welsh
	Species	Oscillatoria pseudomougeotia Vasishta
	Species	Oscillatoria pulchella Hassall ex Gomont
	Species	Oscillatoria pulcherrima M.T.P. Azevedo & Sant'Anna
	Species	Oscillatoria pulchra Lindstedt
	Species	Oscillatoria purpurascens Kützing ex Gomont
	Species	Oscillatoria putrida Schmidle
	Species	Oscillatoria quasiperforata Skuja
	Species	Oscillatoria raineriana Kützing ex Gomont
	Species	Oscillatoria raytonensis Cholnoky
	Species	Oscillatoria refringens N.L. Gardner
	Species	Oscillatoria repens C. Agardh ex Gomont
	Species	Oscillatoria rhamphoidea Anagnostidis
	Species	Oscillatoria rhaphis X.F. Zhao
	Species	Oscillatoria rileyi Drouet
	Species	Oscillatoria rivularia Corda ex Gomont
	Species	Oscillatoria rivularis Schrank ex Gomont
	Species	Oscillatoria roseirai J. Sampaio
	Species	Oscillatoria rostrata O. Borge
	Species	Oscillatoria rubiginosa Cohn ex Gomont
	Species	Oscillatoria rupestris C. Agardh ex Gomont
	Species	Oscillatoria rupicola (Hansgirg) Hansgirg ex Forti
	Species	Oscillatoria ruppii C. Agardh
	Species	Oscillatoria samanoae G. De Toni
	Species	Oscillatoria sampaiana J. Sampaio
	Species	Oscillatoria sancta Kützing ex Gomont
	Species	Oscillatoria scandens P. Richter ex Gomont
	Species	Oscillatoria scorigena C. Agardh ex Gomont
	Species	Oscillatoria serpentina P. Richter
	Species	Oscillatoria simplicissima Gomont
	Species	Oscillatoria smaragdina Bory ex Gomont
	Species	Oscillatoria solitaris Bory ex Gomont
	Species	Oscillatoria sonorensis Drouet
	Species	Oscillatoria sordida Dickie ex Forti
	Species	Oscillatoria spadicea Carmichael ex Gomont
	Species	Oscillatoria sphaerodesmus Corda ex Gomont
	Species	Oscillatoria spiralis Carmichael ex Gomont
	Species	Oscillatoria spirulinoides Woronichin
	Species	Oscillatoria stercorea Schrank ex Gomont
	Species	Oscillatoria stizenbergeri Rabenhorst ex Gomont
	Species	Oscillatoria stragulum Rabenhorst ex Forti
	Species	Oscillatoria striata Liebetanz
	Species	Oscillatoria subamoena C.-C. Jao
	Species	Oscillatoria subbrevis Schmidle
	Species	Oscillatoria subcapitata Ponomareva
	Species	Oscillatoria subcontorta C.-C. Jao
	Species	Oscillatoria subcortiana C.G.M. Archibald
	Species	Oscillatoria subformosa H. Welsh
	Species	Oscillatoria subfusca G.H. Schwabe
	Species	Oscillatoria subpriestleyi Claassen
	Species	Oscillatoria subproboscidea West & G.S. West
	Species	Oscillatoria subtanganyikae Kufferath
	Species	Oscillatoria subtropica Cholnoky
	Species	Oscillatoria subulata Corda ex Gomont
	Species	Oscillatoria subviolacea P. Crouan & H. Crouan ex Forti
	Species	Oscillatoria supradecomposita Trentepohl
	Species	Oscillatoria suspiroides K. Yoneda
	Species	Oscillatoria suxenae N.D. Kamat
	Species	Oscillatoria symplocarioides P. Crouan & H. Crouan ex Gomont
	Species	Oscillatoria tahitensis Grunow ex Gomont
	Species	Oscillatoria tapetiformis Zenker ex Gomont
	Species	Oscillatoria targionii Amici ex Gomont
	Species	Oscillatoria tela Bory ex Gomont
	Species	Oscillatoria tenioides Bory ex Gomont
	Species	Oscillatoria tenuis C. Agardh ex Gomont
	Species	Oscillatoria tenuissima Vaucher ex Gomont
	Species	Oscillatoria thermalis Hassall ex Forti
	Species	Oscillatoria tigrina A. Roemer ex Gomont
	Species	Oscillatoria torpens Bory ex Gomont
	Species	Oscillatoria tortula Corda ex Gomont
	Species	Oscillatoria transvaalensis Cholnoky
	Species	Oscillatoria trapezoidea Tilden
	Species	Oscillatoria tuwaensis J. Thomas & Gonzalves
	Species	Oscillatoria ucrainica Vladimirova
	Species	Oscillatoria umbrosa Castagne ex Gomont
	Species	Oscillatoria urbica Bory ex Gomont
	Species	Oscillatoria utermoehlii G. De Toni
	Species	Oscillatoria variabilis C.B. Rao
	Species	Oscillatoria versatilis Kützing ex Gomont
	Species	Oscillatoria versicolor G. Martens ex Prain
	Species	Oscillatoria vertebriformis Meneghini ex Forti
	Species	Oscillatoria vibrionides Bory ex Gomont
	Species	Oscillatoria virescens Hassall ex Gomont
	Species	Oscillatoria virida C. Agardh
	Species	Oscillatoria viridula Zeller ex Gomont
	Species	Oscillatoria vivida C. Agardh ex Gomont
	Species	Oscillatoria vizagapatensis C.B. Rao
	Species	Oscillatoria waterbergensis Claassen
	Species	Oscillatoria westii Tell
	Species	Oscillatoria williamsii Drouet
	Species	Oscillatoria yamadae Kamat
	Species	Oscillatoria yonedae Umezaki
	Species	Oscillatoria zostericola P. Crouan & H. Crouan ex Forti

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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:	Oscillatoria

	Source:	NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)
	Acquired:	1996
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