Scytonemataceae

Scytonemataceae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Bacteria
Subkingdom:	Eubacteria
Phylum:	Cyanobacteria
Order:
Family:	Scytonemataceae Rabenhorst ex Bornet & Flahault
Genus
Brasilonema Fiore et al. 2007 Chakia Komárková et al. 2013 Kyrtuthrix Ercegović 1929 Ophiothrix Sant'Anna et al. 2010 Petalonema Berkeley ex Correns 1889 Scytonema Agardh ex Bornet & Flahault 1887 Scytonema sect. Myochrotes Bornet & Flahault 1887 Scytonematopsis Kiseleva 1930

The Scytonemataceae are a family of filamentous, heterocystous cyanobacteria within the order . The family is known from freshwater, marine, and terrestrial environments, where it grows in colonies attached to the substrate. Akinetes are not known, and the members of the family are known to reproduce with nonheterocystous hormogonia.

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