Calothrix
| Calothrix | |
|---|---|
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| A 1921 drawing of Calothrix | |
| Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Bacteria | 
| Phylum: | Cyanobacteria | 
| Class: | Cyanophyceae | 
| Order: | Nostocales | 
| Family: | Rivulariaceae | 
| Genus: | Calothrix Bornet & Flahault 1886[1]  | 
| Species | |
| 
 Calothrix adscendens   | |
Calothrix is a genus of cyanobacteria. They are generally found in freshwater.[2]

Bright-field microscopy image of epiphytic cyanobacterial symbiont Calothrix rhizosoleniae SC01 9 (indicated by arrows) attached to a host diatom Chaetoceros sp. (c). Scale bar, 50 μm.
References
- ↑ "Calothrix". AlgaeBase. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
 - ↑ Rippka R, Castenholz RW, Herdman M (2015). "Form-Calothrix". In Whitman WB (ed.). Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria. doi:10.1002/9781118960608.gbm00462.
 
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