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Nostoc pruniforme C. Agardh ex Bornet & Flahault

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

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Spiddal, Co. Galway, Ireland; on soil near shore. 24 Sep 2006. M.D. Guiry.

Publication details
Nostoc pruniforme C. Agardh ex Bornet & Flahault 1888: (1886-1888) 215

Original publication: Bornet, É. & Flahault, C. (1886 '1888'). Revision des Nostocacées hétérocystées contenues dans les principaux herbiers de France. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Botanique, sér. 7 7: 177-262.

Type species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Nostoc is Nostoc commune Vaucher ex Bornet & Flahault.

Status of name
This is regarded as a current name.

Synonym(s)
Nostoc pruniforme C. Agardh 1812

Detailed distribution with sources
(as Nostoc pruniforme C. Agardh)
Europe: Spain (Alvarez-Cobelas & Gallardo 1988).

(as Nostoc pruniforme C. Agardh ex Bornet & Flahault)
Pacific Islands: Hawaiian Islands (Sherwood 2004).

SAG Cultures
61.79 Nostoc pruniforme
62.79 Nostoc pruniforme
63.79 Nostoc pruniforme

NCBI Nucleotide Sequences
No sequences have been found on the NCBI site.

Created: 11 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry

Verified by: 28 April 2005 by Fabio Rindi

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

Dodds, W.K. & Castenholz, R.W. (1987). Effects of grazing and light on the growth of Nostoc pruniforme (Cyanobacteria). British Phycological Journal 23: 219-227, 6 figs, 2 tables.
Waern, M. (1938). Om Cladophora aegagropila, Nostoc pruniforme och andra alger i Lilla Ullevifjärden, Mälaren. Botaniska Notiser 1938: 129-142.

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