Anabaena (unidentified), (unidentified Anabaena cyanobacteria)

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:
Unidentified: Anabaena (unidentified) (Unidentified Anabaena Cyanobacteria)
Genus: Anabaena (a genus of cyanobacteria)
Family: NOSTOCACEAE (a family of cyanobacteria)
Order: NOSTOCALES (an order of unbranched 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 Coelosporium 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

Notes: Trichome with obvious mucilage layer. Heterocyst of distinctive shape.

photomicrographs:

Click on a thumbnail to see the preview, then click on that for the full-sized image

This website is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International Licence.

Unless otherwise expressly stated, all original material on the BioImages website by Malcolm Storey is licensed under the above Creative Commons Licence.

Photographs from other photographers are used with permission but not included under the above CC licence.

Taxonomic hierarchy:

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)