Higher Classification: > Kingdom Bacteria > Subkingdom Negibacteria > Phylum Cyanobacteria > Class Cyanophyceae > Subclass Nostocophycidae > Order Nostocales > Family Aphanizomenonaceae

Anabaena Bory de Saint-Vincent ex Bornet & Flahault, 1886

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Anabaena aequalis O.Borge, 1906
Anabaena cylindrica Lemmermann, 1896
Anabaena echinospora Skuja, 1926
Anabaena inaequalis Bornet & Flahault, 1886
Anabaena laxa A.Braun, 1886
Anabaena oscillarioides Bory ex Bornet & Flahault, 1886
Anabaena sphaerica Bornet & Flahault, 1886
Anabaena torulosa Lagerheim ex Bornet & Flahault, 1886

Literature

basis of record	Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2025). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. searched on YYYY-MM-DD.
ecology source	Wang, Y.; Gao, Y.; Li, C.; Gao, H.; Zhang, C.-C.; Xu, X. (2018). Three Substrains of the Cyanobacterium Anabaena sp. Strain PCC 7120 Display Divergence in Genomic Sequences and hetC Function. Journal of Bacteriology. 200:e00076-18.
ecology source	Hällfors, G. (2004). Checklist of Baltic Sea Phytoplankton Species (including some heterotrophic protistan groups). Baltic Sea Environment Proceedings. No. 95: 210 pp.

Genbank

Taxonomy

Published in AlgaeBase

Citation

Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2025). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway (taxonomic information republished from AlgaeBase with permission of M.D. Guiry). Anabaena Bory de Saint-Vincent ex Bornet & Flahault, 1886. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:146585