Microcystis wesenbergii Komárek, (a cyanobacterium)

16 Aug 2005 at OSGR: SU76 in North Hants, England

Taxonomic hierarchy:
Species: Microcystis wesenbergii (a cyanobacterium)
Genus: Microcystis (a genus of cyanobacteria)
Family: MICROCYSTACEAE (a family of cyanobacteria)
Order: CHROOCOCCALES (non-filamentous cyanobacteria)
Class: CYANOPHYCEAE (cyanobacteria, blue-green "algae", chloroplasts)
Phylum: CYANOBACTERIA (cyanobacteria, blue-green "algae", chloroplasts)
Domain: Bacteria (bacteria, mitochondria, blue-green algae)
Life: BIOTA (living things)

Record Summary	in Coelosphaerium algal bloom, washed up at margins of lake
Found as
Date	16 August 2005
OS grid ref	OSGR: SU76
Lat/Lon	51° 20’ N, 0° 60’ W
Vice County	North Hants, VC no: 12
Country	England

The following literature was used to identify this find:

John, D.M., Whitton, B.A. & Brook, A.J., 2002. The Freshwater Algal Flora of the British Isles, 702pp, Cambridge University Press

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