Cylindrospermopsis

Cylindrospermopsis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Cyanobacteria
Class:	see [1]
Order:
Family:	Aphanizomenonaceae
Genus:	Cylindrospermopsis Seenayya & Subbaraju, 1972

Cylindrospermopsis is a planktonic genus of filamentous cyanobacteria known for its blooms in eutrophic waters. The type species is the tropical Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii (Woloszynska) Seenayya & Subbaraju. The cyanotoxin cylindrospermopsin was first identified from a species of this genus.

Guiry, M.D.; Guiry, G.M. (2008). "Cylindrospermopsis". AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway.