Dolichospermum crassum (Lemmermann) P.Wacklin, L.Hoffmann & J.Komárek

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

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Publication details
Dolichospermum crassum (Lemmermann) P.Wacklin, L.Hoffmann & J.Komárek 2009: 61

Original publication: Wacklin, P., Hoffmann, L. & Komárek, J. (2009). Nomenclatural validation of the genetically revised cyanobacterial genus Dolichospermum (Ralfs ex Bornet et Flahault) comb. nova. Fottea 9(1): 59-64.
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Type species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Dolichospermum is Dolichospermum flosaquae (Brébisson ex Bornet & Flahault) P.Wacklin, L.Hoffmann & J.Komárek.

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

Basionym
Anabaena spiroides var. crassa Lemmermann

Type information
Type locality: Germany: Zwischenahner Meer (Silva 1996-to date).

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Anabaena spiroides f. crassa (Lemmerman) Elenkin
Anabaena spiroides var. crassa Lemmermann 1898
Anabaena crassa (Lemmermann) Komark.-Legn. & Cronberg 1992

General environment
This is a freshwater species.

Detailed distribution with sources
(as Anabaena spiroides f. crassa (Lemmerman) Elenkin)
Australia and New Zealand: New South Wales (Day et al. 1995), Queensland (Day et al. 1995), South Australia (Day et al. 1995), Victoria (Day et al. 1995).

(as Anabaena crassa (Lemmermann) Komark.-Legn. & Cronberg)
Europe: Germany (Täuscher 2011), Luxembourg (Willame et al 2006), Spain (Carrasco et al. 2007).

South America: Brazil (Werner 2010).

Australia and New Zealand: Queensland (Bostock & Holland 2010).

(as Dolichospermum crassum (Lemmermann) P.Wacklin, L.Hoffmann & J.Komárek)
Europe: Czech Republic (Zapomelová et al. 2011 ).

Key references
Zapomelová, E., Hrouzek, P., Rezanka, T., Jezberová, J., Reháková, K., Hisem, D. & Komárková, J. (2011). Polyphasic characterization of Dolichospermum spp. and Sphaerospermopsis spp. (Nostocales, Cyanobacteria): morphology, 16S rRNA gene sequences and fatty acid and secondary metabolites profiles. Journal of Phycology 47(5): 1152-1163.

SAG Cultures
SAG Cultures may be viewed at http://sagdb.uni-goettingen.de/showstrains.php?genus=Dolichospermum&species=crassum

SCCAP Cultures
Cultures from the Scandinavian Culture Collection of Algae at the University of Copenhagen (SCCAP) and Protozoa may be viewed at http://www.sccap.dk/search/algaebase.asp?Genus=Dolichospermum&Species=crassum

NCBI Nucleotide Sequences

Created: 15 November 2011 by M.D. Guiry

Verified by: 22 December 2011 by Wendy Guiry

Accesses: This record has been accessed by users 170 times since it was created.

Linking to this page: http://www.algaebase.org/search/species/detail/?species_id=140948

Citing AlgaeBase
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Wendy Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2013. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 19 May 2013.

Algaebase taxon LSID: urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:104640