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| Gloecapsa
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain:
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Bacteria
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| Kingdom:
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Bacillati
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| Phylum:
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Cyanobacteriota
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| Class:
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Cyanophyceae
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| Order:
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Chroococcales
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| Family:
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Chroococcaceae
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| Genus:
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Gloeocapsa
Kützing, 1843
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| Species
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Gloeocapsa acervata1
Gloeocapsa alpicola1
Gloeocapsa africana1
Gloeocapsa arenaria1
Gloeocapsa attingens1
Gloeocapsa aurata1
Gloeocapsa alpina1
Gloeocapsa aeruginosa1
Gloeocapsa atrata1
Gloeocapsa ampla1
Gloeocapsa bahamensis1
Gloeocapsa bituminosa1
Gloeocapsa biformis1
Gloeocapsa botryoides1
Gloeocapsa caldariorum1
Gloeocapsa calcicola1
Gloeocapsa calcarea1
Gloeocapsa cartilaginea1
Gloeocapsa compacta1
Gloeocapsa conglomerata1
Gloeocapsa conspicua1
Gloeocapsa coracina1
Gloeocapsa cryptococcoides1
Gloeocapsa crepidinum1
Gloeocapsa dermochroa1
Gloeocapsa dispersa1
Gloeocapsa dirumpens1
Gloeocapsa didyma1
Gloeocapsa decorticans1
Gloeocapsa docorticans1
Gloeocapsa endocodia1
Gloeocapsa gigas1
Gloeocapsa geminata1
Gloeocapsa gelatinosa1
Gloeocapsa granosa1
Gloeocapsa haematodes1
Gloeocapsa holstii1
Gloeocapsa ianthina1
Gloeocapsa insignis1
Gloeocapsa incrustata1
Gloeocapsa livida1
Gloeocapsa juliana1
Gloeocapsa kuetzingiana1
Gloeocapsa luteofusca1
Gloeocapsa mellea1
Gloeocapsa magma1
Gloeocapsa membranina1
Gloeocapsa minutula1
Gloeocapsa multisphaerica1
Gloeocapsa myxophila1
Gloeocapsa montana1
Gloeocapsa monococca1
Gloeocapsa nigrescens1
Gloeocapsa nigra1
Gloeocapsa ocellata1
Gloeocapsa ovalis1
Gloeocapsa opaca1
Gloeocapsa palmelloides1
Gloeocapsa paroliniana1
Gloeocapsa punctata1
Gloeocapsa planctonica1
Gloeocapsa polydermatica1
Gloeocapsa purpurea1
Gloeocapsa quaternata1
Gloeocapsa quarternata1
Gloeocapsa ralfsii1
Gloeocapsa ralfsiana1
Gloeocapsa reicheltii1
Gloeocapsa rupicola1
Gloeocapsa rosea1
Gloeocapsa rubicunda1
Gloeocapsa rupestris1
Gloeocapsa sabulosa1
Gloeocapsa sanguinea1
Gloeocapsa stillicidiorum1
Gloeocapsa salina1
Gloeocapsa sanguinolenta1
Gloeocapsa saxicola1
Gloeocapsa scopulorum1
Gloeocapsa siderochlamys1
Gloeocapsa sparsa1
Gloeocapsa stegophila 1
Gloeocapsa sphaerica1
Gloeocapsa shuttleworthiana1
Gloeocapsa squamulosa1
Gloeocapsa subulosa1
Gloeocapsa thermalis1
Gloeocapsa tornensis1
Gloeocapsa tropica1
Gloeocapsa violacea1
Gloeocapsa versicolor1
Gloeocapsa zostericola1
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Gloeocapsa (from the Greek gloia (gelatinous) and the Latin capsa (case)) is a genus of cyanobacteria.2 The cells secrete individual gelatinous sheaths which can often be seen as sheaths around recently divided cells within outer sheaths. Recently divided cell pairs often appear to be only one cell since the new cells cohere temporarily. They are also known as glow caps, a term derived from the yellowish hue given off by the cap.
Occurrence
Some species of this genus are halophiles and hence found in hypersaline lakes and other high salinity environments. An example of such occurrence of the genus is in the Makgadikgadi Pans of Botswana.3 Gloeocapsa magma is noted for colonising roof shingles in the United States and Canada.4 Fossilized Gloeocapsa have been dated from as early as 1.5 billion years ago, found in the Ural mountains in Russia.
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