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Microcystis aeruginosa (Kützing) Kützing, 1846

146558  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:146558)

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LSID urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:54744  
LSID urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:54744 [details]

Description Colonies mucilaginous, microscopic, more or less spherical, lenticular or feebly elongate, later macroscopic, irregular,...  
Description Colonies mucilaginous, microscopic, more or less spherical, lenticular or feebly elongate, later macroscopic, irregular, lobate, distinctly elongate, usually (40)600-900(1000) μn, rarely up to 8 mm long, usually net-like clathrate with distinct holes, or composed of subcolonies, with irregular outline and with a large number of irregularly arranged and ± densely packed cells. Mucilage colourless, structureless, diffluent, sometimes forming a distinct, but not very wide margin around cells (usually to 5-8 μm). Cells spherical, sometimes slightly elongate before division, pale blue-green, with numerous aerotopes, (3?) 4-6 (9.4) μm in diameter. Rare nanocyte formation (?). Very polymorphic species, occurring in numerous modifications and seasonal status (Kondrateva 19686; Reynolds & al. 1981); the genetic diversity follows also from the isozyme analysis (Kato et al. 1991). Toxic populations and strains. [details]
Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2024). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway (taxonomic information republished from AlgaeBase with permission of M.D. Guiry). Microcystis aeruginosa (Kützing) Kützing, 1846. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=146558 on 2024-03-19
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2005-01-27 09:58:12Z
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2010-03-17 07:57:32Z
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2015-06-26 12:00:51Z
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2019-07-08 08:56:31Z
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context source (RAS) Australian Antarctic Data Centre. , available online at https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/biodiversity/ [details]   

basis of record Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2023). AlgaeBase. <em>World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway.</em> searched on YYYY-MM-DD., available online at http://www.algaebase.org [details]   

additional source Hällfors, G. (2004). Checklist of Baltic Sea Phytoplankton Species (including some heterotrophic protistan groups). <em>Baltic Sea Environment Proceedings.</em> No. 95: 210 pp., available online at http://helcom.fi/Lists/Publications/BSEP95.pdf [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From editor or global species database
LSID urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:54744 [details]

From regional or thematic species database
Description Colonies mucilaginous, microscopic, more or less spherical, lenticular or feebly elongate, later macroscopic, irregular, lobate, distinctly elongate, usually (40)600-900(1000) μn, rarely up to 8 mm long, usually net-like clathrate with distinct holes, or composed of subcolonies, with irregular outline and with a large number of irregularly arranged and ± densely packed cells. Mucilage colourless, structureless, diffluent, sometimes forming a distinct, but not very wide margin around cells (usually to 5-8 μm). Cells spherical, sometimes slightly elongate before division, pale blue-green, with numerous aerotopes, (3?) 4-6 (9.4) μm in diameter. Rare nanocyte formation (?). Very polymorphic species, occurring in numerous modifications and seasonal status (Kondrateva 19686; Reynolds & al. 1981); the genetic diversity follows also from the isozyme analysis (Kato et al. 1991). Toxic populations and strains. [details]

Harmful effect Producer of microcystins. In Japan some strains with high amounts of microcystin-YR and small amounts of -LR, other strains mainly -RR. South African strain mainly -LA. [details]

From other sources
Environment Generally in plankton forming water-bloom in stagnant waters such as temple tanks, etc. [details]
LanguageName 
Swedish nätvattenblom  [details]