Anabaena spiroides Klebahn

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

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Publication details
Anabaena spiroides Klebahn 1895: 25, pl. 4, figs 11-13

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 spiroides (Kleb.) Wacklin, L.Hoffm. & Komárek

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Anabaena spiroides var. crassa Klebahn

General environment
This is a freshwater species.

Type information
Type locality: Plöner See, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996: 68).

Detailed distribution with sources
(as Anabaena spiroides var. crassa Klebahn)
Europe: Romania (Caraus 2002), Sweden (Skuja 1948).

South-west Asia: Israel (Vinogradova et al. 2000).

Australia and New Zealand: New South Wales (Day et al. 1995), New Zealand (Broady & Merican 2012), Queensland (Day et al. 1995), South Australia (Day et al. 1995), Victoria (Day et al. 1995).

(as Anabaena spiroides Klebahn)
Europe: Belgium (Willame et al 2006), Britain (Whitton et al. 2003), France (Willame et al 2006), Germany (Täuscher 2011), Romania (Caraus 2002, Caraus 2012), Spain (Alvarez-Cobelas & Gallardo 1988), Sweden (Skuja 1948), Turkey (Europe) (Ersanli & Gönülol 2006).

North America: Arkansas (Smith 2010).

South America: Brazil (Werner 2010).

South-west Asia: India (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996), Israel (Vinogradova et al. 2000), Turkey (Asia) (Soylu & Gonulol 2006).

Asia: China (Hu & Wei 2006).

South-east Asia: Singapore (Pham et al. 2011).

Australia and New Zealand: New South Wales (Day et al. 1995), Queensland (Day et al. 1995, Bostock & Holland 2010), South Australia (Day et al. 1995), Victoria (Day et al. 1995), Western Australia (Day et al. 1995).

Nomenclatural notes
Different page numbers in INA and Silva et al. 1996. - (23 Dec 2011) - Wendy Guiry

Key references
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. ..

Willame, R., Boutte, C., Grubisic, S., Wilmotte, A., Komarek, J. & Hoffmann, L. (2006). Morphological and molecular characterization of planktonic cyanobacteria from Belgium and Luxembourg. Journal of Phycology 42: 1312-1332.

UTEX Cultures
UTEX Culture 1552 Anabaena spiroides
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CCAP Cultures
CCAP Strain Number 1403/24 Anabaena spiroides Klebahn
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SAG Cultures
SAG Cultures may be viewed at http://sagdb.uni-goettingen.de/showstrains.php?genus=Anabaena&species=spiroides

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=spiroides

NCBI Nucleotide Sequences

Created: 21 March 2001 by Sandy Lawson

Verified by: 23 December 2011 by Wendy Guiry

Accesses: This record has been accessed by users 1388 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.)

Bittar, T.B. & Vieira, A.A.H. (2010). Transparent exopolymer particles formation from capsules of Anabaena spiroides (cyanobacteria) in culture (Note). Journal of Phycology 46(2): 243-247.
Corillion, R. (1947). Anabaena spiroides Klebahn. (Cyanophycées) en Bretagne. : 93-94.

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Citing AlgaeBase
Cite this record as:
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 20 June 2013.

Algaebase taxon LSID: urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:59356