Anabaena variabilis Kützing
Publication details
Anabaena variabilis Kützing 1843: 210
Original publication: Kützing, F.T. (1843). Phycologia generalis oder Anatomie, Physiologie und Systemkunde der Tange... Mit 80 farbig gedruckten Tafeln, gezeichnet und gravirt vom Verfasser. pp. [part 1]: [i]-xxxii, [1]-142, [part 2:] 143-458, 1, err.], pls 1-80. Leipzig: F.A. Brockhaus.
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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 currently regarded as a taxonomic synonym of Trichormus variabilis (Kützing ex Bornet & Flahault) Komárek & Anagnostidis
Origin of species name
Adjective (Latin), variable (Stearn 1973).
Synonym(s)
No synonyms are currently included in AlgaeBase.
Usage notes
Harmful species
Distribution by country
Type information
Lectotype locality: Wangerooge, East Frisian Islands, Germany (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996: 71). Notes: This type locality was first described by Drouet (1978: 159)(Silva et al., 1996)
Detailed distribution with sources
(as Anabaena variabilis Kützing)
Ireland: Antrim (Adams 1907, Guiry 1978), Cork (Guiry 1978).
Europe: Britain (Whitton et al. 2003), Ireland (Adams 1907, Guiry 1978), Romania (Caraus 2002, Caraus 2012), Spain (Álvarez Cobelas 1982, Aboal 1988, Alvarez-Cobelas & Gallardo 1988, Calvo, Bárbara & Cremades 1999).
North America: Arkansas (Smith 2010), USA (O'Brien et al 2006).
South America: Brazil (Oliveira Filho 1977).
Africa: Egypt (Papenfuss 1968).
Asia: China (Hu & Wei 2006).
Australia and New Zealand: New South Wales (Day et al. 1995), New Zealand (Chapman 1956, Chapman 1956), Queensland (Day et al. 1995, Phillips 2002), Victoria (Day et al. 1995).
Pacific Islands: Hawaiian Islands (Sherwood 2004).
Key references
Hallegraeff, G.M., Anderson, D.M. & Cembella, A.D., Eds (2003). Manual on harmful marine microalgae. Paris: UNESCO.
O'Brien, H.E., Miadlikowska, J. & Lutzoni, F. (2006). Assessing host specialization in symbiotic cyanobacteria associated with four closely related species of the lichen fungus Peltigera. European Journal of Phycology 40: 363-378.
UTEX Cultures
UTEX Culture B 377 Anabaena variabilis
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CCAP Cultures
CCAP Strain Number 1403/4B Anabaena variabilis Kützing
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SAG Cultures
SAG Cultures may be viewed at http://sagdb.uni-goettingen.de/showstrains.php?genus=Anabaena&species=variabilis
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=Anabaena&Species=variabilis
Created: 29 January 2001 by M.D. Guiry
Verified by: 02 November 2006 by Wendy Guiry
Accesses: This record has been accessed by users 940 times since it was created.
References
(Please note: only references with the binomials in the title are included. The information is from the Literature database.)
Al-Maadhidi, J. & Henriksson, E. (1980). Effects of the fungi Trichoderma harzianum and Aspergillus flavus on the nitrogen fixation and growth of the alga Anabaena variabilis. Oikos 35: 115-119.
Beardall, J. (1991). Effects of photon flux density on the CO2-concentrating mechanism of the cyanobacterium Anabaena variabilis. J Plankton Res 13(S): S133-S141.
Cardemil, L. & Wolk, C.P. (1981). Polysaccharides from the envelopes of heterocysts and spores of the blue-green algae Anabaena variabilis and Cylindrospermum licheniforme. Journal of Phycology 17: 234-240, 2 figs, 3 tables.
Collins, C.D. & Boylen, C.W. (1982). Physiological responses of Anabaena variabilis (Cyanophyceae) to instantaneous exposure to various combinations of light intensity and temperature. Journal of Phycology 18: 206-211, 8 figs, 1 table.
Fallowfield, H.J. & Osborne, B.A. (1985). Growth and light absorbance of cyanobacteria and chlorophyceae with particular reference to Anabaena variabilis and Scenedesmus obliquus. British Phycological Journal 20: 27-41, 15 figs, 4 tables.
Fjerdingstad, E. (1969). Cell dimensions and taxonomy of Anabaena variabilis Kütz. emend. (Cyanophyceae). Schweiz. Z. Hydrol. 31: 59-80.
Fjerdingstad, E. (1976). Anabaena variabilis status azollae. Arch. Hydrobiol. Suppl. (Algol. Stud. 17) 49: 377-381.
Fontes, A.G., Vargas, M.A., Moreno, J., Guerrero, M.G. & Losada, M. (1991). Changes in the pigment content of Anabaena variabilis cells in outdoor culture. Journal of Plant Physiology 137(4): 441-445.
Niven, G.W., Kerby, N.W., Rowell, P., Reed, R.H. & Stewart, W.D.P. (1987). The effects of salt on nitrogen fixation and ammonium assimilation in Anabaena variabilis. British Phycological Journal 22: 411-416.
Powell, H.A., Kerry, N.W. & Rowell, P. (1991). The mechanism of glyphosate resistance in the cyanobacterium Anabaena variabilis. British Phycological Journal 26: 94.
Reed, R.H., Kerby, N.W. & Stewart, W.D.P. (1987). Particle size analysis of unicells formed by mild sonication of filaments of the blue-green alga Anabaena variabilis. Phycologia 26: 391-393, 2 figs.
Scott, W.E. & Fay, P. (1972). Phosphorylation and animation in heterocysts of Anabaena variabilis. British Phycological Journal 7: 283-284.
Thiel, T. (1990). Protein turnover and heterocyst differentiation in the cyanobacterium Anabaena variabilis. Journal of Phycology 26: 50-54, 5 figs.
Yunes, J.S., Rowell, P. & Kerby, N.W. (1991). Transport of alanine in Anabaena variabilis ATCC 29413 and an alanine-liberating mutant strain. British Phycological Journal 26: 99.
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Citing AlgaeBase
Cite this record as:
Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2013.
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