Scientific name Chroococcales Higher classification Cyanophyceae | Subkingdom Eubacteria Rank Order | |
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Lower classifications Gloeocapsa, Microcystis aeruginosa, Synechocystis, Suizenji nori |
Refined albitite chroococcales
The Chroococcales are an order of Cyanobacteria in some classifications which includes the harmful algal bloom Microcystis aeruginosa. Molecular data indicate that the members of the Chroococcales may not be a clade.
Contents
![Chroococcales Chroococcus virescens Hantzsch in Rabh CCALA](https://alchetron.com/cdn/chroococcales-5ed3f0a4-fab8-4bc1-bc37-21ff633814a-resize-750.jpeg)
Characteristics
![Chroococcales Topology of 16S rRNA gene sequences of order Chroococcales](https://alchetron.com/cdn/chroococcales-a8f703a7-9f82-4120-a460-629059e648f-resize-750.jpg)
The order is characterized by single, floating cells or colonies which are embedded to a matrix. Also, a lack of differentiation between apical and basal structures exists.
![Chroococcales httpsuploadwikimediaorgwikipediacommonsthu](https://alchetron.com/cdn/chroococcales-781d92c9-9c0f-47a3-8d26-ddc4f04ae4a-resize-750.jpg)
![Chroococcales Asterocapsa sp CCALA](https://alchetron.com/cdn/chroococcales-5f4f7f6b-b4b7-43e0-8d48-b4ee1ea0acb-resize-750.jpeg)
References
Chroococcales Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA