Anabaena circinalis Rabenhorst ex Bornet & Flahault

Classification:
Empire Prokaryota
Kingdom Bacteria
Subkingdom Negibacteria
Phylum Cyanobacteria
Class Cyanophyceae
Subclass Nostocophycideae
Order Nostocales
Family Nostocaceae
Genus Anabaena

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Renton, Washington, USA; golf course, 1000x, DIC. 13 Sep 2008. Karl Bruun. © Karl Bruun.

Renton, Washington, USA; golf course, 400x, DIC. 13 Sep 2008. Karl Bruun. © Karl Bruun.

Renton, Washington, USA; golf course, 1000x, DIC. 13 Sep 2008. Karl Bruun. © Karl Bruun.

Anabaena circinalis Rabenhorst ex Bornet & Flahault Renton, Washington, USA; golf course, 1000x, DIC

Publication details
Anabaena circinalis Rabenhorst ex Bornet & Flahault 1886: 230

Original publication: Bornet, É. & Flahault, C. (1886 '1888'). Revision des Nostocacées hétérocystées contenues dans les principaux herbiers de France. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Botanique, Septième Série 7: 177-262.
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Type species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Anabaena is Anabaena oscillatorioides Bory de Saint-Vincent ex Bornet & Flahault.

Status of name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Anabaena flosaquae var. circinalis (Rabenhorst ex Bornet & Flahault) Kirchner
Anabaena flosaquae var. circinalis (Rabenhorst ex Bornet & Flahault) Saunders

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Anabaena circinalis Rabenhorst 1863

Detailed distribution with sources
(as Anabaena circinalis Rabenhorst)
Europe: Romania (Caraus 2002), Spain (Alvarez-Cobelas & Gallardo 1988), Sweden (Skuja 1948, ), Turkey (Europe) (Ersanli & Gönülol 2006).

South-west Asia: Bangladesh (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996).

Asia: China (Hu & Wei 2006).

Australia and New Zealand: New South Wales (Day et al. 1995), Queensland (Day et al. 1995), South Australia (Day et al. 1995, McCausland, Thompson & Blackburn 2002, McCausland et al. 2005), Victoria (Day et al. 1995).

CCAP Cultures
CCAP Strain Number 1403/18 Anabaena circinalis Rabenhorst ex Bornet & Flahault
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SAG Cultures
No records have been found on the SAG site.

NCBI Nucleotide Sequences
As of 2 June 2009, nucleotide sequence data are available at http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Genbank for 249 samples identified as Anabaena circinalis.

Created: 14 August 2009 by M.D. Guiry

Verified by: 14 August 2009 by M.D. Guiry

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References
(Please note: only references with the binomials in the title are included. The information is from the Literature database.)

Fay, P., Lynn, J.A. & Majer, S.C. (1984). Akinete development in the planktonic blue-green alga Anabaena circinalis. British Phycological Journal 19: 163-173, 4 figs, 5 tables.
Green, D.W. & Oliver, R.L. (2003). Using non-phtotchemical quenching of chlorophyll a flourescence to assess the light climate and growth rate of the cyanobacterium Anabaena circinalis. European Journal of Phycology 38: 113-122.
Kromkamp, J.C. & Forster, R.M. (2003). The use of variable fluorescence quenching of chlorophyll a flourescence to assess the light climate and growth rate of the cyanobacterium Anabaena circinalis. European Journal of Phycology 38: 103-112.
McCausland, M.A., Thompson, P.A. & Blackburn, S.I. (2005). Ecophysiological influence of light and mixing on Anabaena circinalis (Nostocales, Cyanobacteria). European Journal of Phycology 40: 9-20.
McCausland, M.A., Thompson, P.A. & Blackburn, S.I. (2002). The effect of changes in light availability caused by mixing on the growth of Anabaena circinalis (Nostocales, Cyanobacteria) and Aulacoseira sp. (Centrales, Bacillariophyceae). Phycologia 40: 530-541.
Millie, D.F., Hersh, C.M. & Dionigi, C.P. (1992). Simazine-induced inhibition in photoacclimated populations of Anabaena circinalis (Cyanophyta). Journal of Phycology 28: 19-26, 2 figs, 4 tables.
Negri, A.P., Jones, G.J., Blackburn, S.I., Oshima, Y. & Onodera, H. (1997). Effect of culture and bloom development and of sample storage on paralytic shellfish poisons in the cyanobacterium Anabaena circinalis. Journal of Phycology 33: 26-35, 11 figs, 3 tables.
van Dok, W. & Hart, B.T. (1996). Akinete differentiation in Anabaena circinalis (Cyanophyta). Journal of Phycology 32: 557-565, 3 figs, 5 tables.
van Dok, W. & Hart, B.T. (1997). Akinete germination in Anabaena circinalis (Cyanophyta). Journal of Phycology 33: 12-17, 5 figs.
Velzeboer, R.M.A., Baker, P.D. & Rositano, J. (2001). Saxitoxins associated with the growth of the cyanobacterium Anabaena circinalis (Nostocales, Cyanophyta) under varying sources and concentrations of nitrogen. Phycologia 40: 305-312.