Phormidium Explained

Phormidium is a genus of cyanobacteria in the family Oscillatoriaceae.^[1]

As a result of recent genetic analyses, several new genera were erected from this genus, e.g. Potamolinea.^[2]

Species

83, including

• Phormidium ambiguum
• Phormidium allorgei
• Phormidium aerugineo-caeruleum
• Phormidium lucidum
• Phormidium subfuscum^[3]

Moved:

• Phormidium africanum → Leptolyngbya africana^[4]
• Phormidium formosum → Kamptonema formosum^[5]

Notes and References

1. 9022786. Phormidium Kützing ex Gomont, 1892. 2021-09-17.
2. 10.1099/ijsem.0.001243 . Potamolinea gen. Nov. (Oscillatoriales, Cyanobacteria): A phylogenetically and ecologically coherent cyanobacterial genus . 2016 . Martins . Mariéllen Dornelles . Branco . Luis Henrique Zanini . International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology . 66 . 9 . 3632–3641 . 27307052 . 11449/173597 . free .
3. [National Center for Biotechnology Information|NCBI]
4. [LPSN]
5. [LPSN]