Higher Classification: > Kingdom Bacteria > Subkingdom Gracilicutes > Phylum Cyanobacteria > Class Cyanophyceae > Subclass Oscillatoriophycideae > Order Chroococcales > Family Microcystaceae > Genus Microcystis

Microcystis aeruginosa (Kützing) Kützing, 1846

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Microcystis*	Lemmermann, 1907	accepted genus name
*Polycystis*	(Kützing) Kützing, 1849	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Swedish: nätvattenblom

Literature

basis of record	Algaebase
additional source	Hällfors, G. (2004). Checklist of Baltic Sea Phytoplankton Species (including some heterotrophic protistan groups). Baltic Sea Environment Proceedings No. 95: 210 pp.
additional source	Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013].

Genbank

Taxonomy

Published in AlgaeBase
WoRMS

External Links

GenBank (559 nucleotides; 45603 proteins)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (117 publications)
Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
GBIF

Citation

Guiry, Michael D. (2014). Microcystis aeruginosa (Kützing) Kützing, 1846. In: Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2014). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway (taxonomic information republished from AlgaeBase with permission of M.D. Guiry). In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:146558