Lyngbya majuscula | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Bacteria |
Phylum: | Cyanobacteria |
Class: | Cyanophyceae |
Order: | Oscillatoriales |
Family: | Oscillatoriaceae |
Genus: | Lyngbya |
Species: | L. majuscula |
Binomial name | |
Lyngbya majuscula Harvey ex Gomont |
Lyngbya majuscula is a species of filamentous cyanobacteria in the genus Lyngbya. Tropical marine strains, including many producing bioactive compounds, have been separated as the new species Moorea producens.Antillatoxin and Kalkitoxin have been extracted from the venom of the cyanobacteria.