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Fischerella

Fischerella is a genus of cyanobacteria belonging to the family Hapalosiphonaceae.

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Fischerella
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Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Bacillati
Phylum: Cyanobacteriota
Class: Cyanophyceae
Order: Nostocales
Family: Hapalosiphonaceae
Genus: Fischerella
(Bornet & Flahault) Gomont

Fischerella is a genus of cyanobacteria belonging to the family Hapalosiphonaceae.1

The genus was first described by M. Gomont in 1895.1

The genus has cosmopolitan distribution.2

The genus name of Deightoniella is in honour of Christian Fischer (1801–1892), who was a Bohemian scientist and industrialist from Karlsbad (Baden).3

The genus was circumscribed by Jean-Baptiste Édouard Bornet and Charles Henri Marie Flahault in J. Bot. (Morot) Vol.9 on pages 51-52 in 1895.

Known species:

  • Fischerella major
  • Fischerella muscicola
References

References

  1. "Fischerella (Bornet & Flahault) Gomont, 1895 :: Algaebase". www.algaebase.org. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
  2. "Fischerella Bornet & Flahault". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
  3. Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. Retrieved January 27, 2022.