Anabaena circinalis Rabenhorst
Publication details
Anabaena circinalis Rabenhorst 1863: 101
Original publication: Rabenhorst, L. (1863). Kryptogamen-Flora von Sachsen, Ober-Lausitz, Thüringen und Nord-Böhmen, mit Berücksichtigung der benachbarten Länder: erste Abtheilung: Algen im weitesten Sinne, Leber und Laubmoose. pp. i-xx, 1-653, Un-numbered figs. Leipzig: Verlag von Eduard Kummer.
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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 Dolichospermum circinale (Rabenhorst ex Bornet & Flahault) P.Wacklin, L.Hoffmann & J.Komárek
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Anabaena hassallii (Kützing) Wittrock 1882
General environment
This is a Marine/Freshwater species.
Usage notes
Harmful species
Synthesizes geosmin (earthy/musty taste and odour in water) (Giglio et al. 2011). - (27 Jan 2012) - Wendy Guiry
Distribution by country
Type information
Lectotype locality: Driesen (Drezdenko), Poland (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996: 68). Notes: This type locality was first described by Drouet (1978: 44) (Silva et al., 1996)
Detailed distribution with sources
(as Anabaena circinalis Rabenhorst)
Europe: France (Anon. 2012), Germany (Täuscher 2011), Romania (Caraus 2002, Caraus 2012), Spain (Alvarez-Cobelas & Gallardo 1988), Sweden (Skuja 1948, Karlsson-Elfgren & Brunberg 2004), Turkey (Europe) (Ersanli & Gönülol 2006).
North America: Arkansas (Smith 2010).
South-west Asia: Bangladesh (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996).
Asia: China (Hu & Wei 2006).
Australia and New Zealand: New South Wales (Day et al. 1995, Giglio et al. 2011), New Zealand (Broady & Merican 2012), Queensland (Day et al. 1995, Bostock & Holland 2010), South Australia (Day et al. 1995, McCausland, Thompson & Blackburn 2002, McCausland et al. 2005), Victoria (Day et al. 1995).
(as Anabaena hassallii (Kützing) Wittrock)
Europe: Germany (Täuscher 2011).
Source of synonymy
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.
Key references
Giglio, S., Saint, C.P. & Monis, P.T. (2011). Expression of the geosmin synthase gene in the cyanobacterium Anabaena circinalis AWQC318. Journal of Phycology 47(6): 1338-1343.
Hallegraeff, G.M., Anderson, D.M. & Cembella, A.D., Eds (2003). Manual on harmful marine microalgae. Paris: UNESCO.
Silva, P.C. (1996-to date). Index Nominum Algarum, University Herbarium, University of California, Berkeley http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/INA.html. Updated continuously. ..
CCAP Cultures
CCAP Strain Number 1403/18 Anabaena circinalis Rabenhorst
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SAG Cultures
SAG Cultures may be viewed at http://sagdb.uni-goettingen.de/showstrains.php?genus=Anabaena&species=circinalis
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=circinalis
Created: 21 March 2001 by Sandy Lawson
Verified by: 27 January 2012 by Wendy Guiry
Accesses: This record has been accessed by users 1250 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.)
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.
Giglio, S., Saint, C.P. & Monis, P.T. (2011). Expression of the geosmin synthase gene in the cyanobacterium Anabaena circinalis AWQC318. Journal of Phycology 47(6): 1338-1343.
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.
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