Dolichospermum flos-aquae is a species of cyanobacteria belonging to the family Aphanizomenonaceae.
Type locality: Sweden, Denmark, Scotland, France, Germany, USA.
Taxonomy
It was originally described as Anabaena flos-aquae. Dolichospermum was created in 2009, bringing in a well-defined group from Anabaena. The similarly-named Aphanizomenon flos-aquae falls into the clade, but was not renamed.
Genomes As of 2025, 4 genomes of D. flos-aquae are available on NCBI.
As of 2025 (Release 10-RS226), GTDB's genome-based taxonomy assigns the genomes sequenced as D. flos-aquae as: Dolichospermum flos-aquae LEGE 04289, assigned to Dolichospermum planctonicum Dolichospermum flos-aquae CCAP 1403/13F, assigned to Dolichospermum lemmermannii as species-representative Dolichospermum flos-aquae UHCC 0037, assigned to Dolichospermum heterosporum.
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