Aulosira

Aulosira
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Cyanobacteria
Class:	Cyanophyceae
Order:	Nostocales
Family:	Fortieaceae
Genus:	Aulosira; Kirchner ex Bornet & Flahault, 1886
Species
	A. bohemensis; A. aenigmatica Frémy U; A. africana Frémy C ; A. bohemensis Lukesová, Johansen, Martin & Casamatta C; A. bombayensis Gonzalves U; A. confluens C.-C.Jao C; A. fertilissima Ghose C; A. fertilissima var. tenuis C.B.Rao U; A. fritschii Bharadwaja U; A. godoyana P.González C; A. implexa Bornet & Flahault C; A. laxa O.Kirchner ex Bornet & Flahault C - type; A. planctonica Elenkin C; A. prolifica Bharadwaja U ; A. pseudoramosa Bharadwaja U; A. schauinslandii Lemmermann C; A. striata Woronichin U; A. terrestris U; A. thermalis G.S.West S

Aulosira is a genus of cyanobacteria found in a variety of environmental niches that forms colonies composed of filaments of moniliform cells.

The name "Aulosira" was invented by biologists.^[1]

Species of Aulosira can be found in soil, on moist rocks, at the bottom of lakes and springs (both fresh- and saltwater), and rarely in marine habitats. It may also grow symbiotically within the tissues of plants, such as the evolutionarily ancient (Gunnera) or hornworts, providing nitrogen to its host through the action of terminally differentiated cells known as heterocysts. These bacteria contain photosynthetic pigments in their cytoplasm to perform photosynthesis.

References

^ Potts M. (1997). "Etymology of the Genus Name Nostoc (Cyanobacteria)" (PDF). International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 47 (2): 484. doi:10.1099/00207713-47-2-584.

Sources

"Aulosira Kirchner ex Bornet & Flahault, 1886: 256", www.algaebase.org.

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[1] Potts M. (1997). "Etymology of the Genus Name Nostoc (Cyanobacteria)" (PDF). International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 47 (2): 484. doi:10.1099/00207713-47-2-584.

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