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Updated: August 31, 2009 

 

Classification of Cyanobacteria

 

 

See also the file Classification of prokaryotes (bacteria): Introduction

 

Contents:

Taxonomic scheme according to NCBI Taxonomy Browser (August 31, 2009)
Taxonomic scheme according to Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology 2nd Edition (2001)
Taxonomic scheme according to Cavalier-Smith (January 14, 2002)

 

Note:
The taxa included in the phylum or division "Cyanobacteria" have not been validly published under the Bacteriological Code (1990 Revision) except (i) the classes Chroobacteria, Hormogoneae and Gloeobacteria; (ii) the orders Chroococcales, Gloeobacterales, Nostocales, Oscillatoriales, Pleurocapsales and Stigonematales; (iii) the families Prochloraceae and Prochlorotrichaceae, and (iv) the genera Halospirulina, Planktothricoides, Prochlorococcus, Prochloron, Prochlorothrix and Rubidibacter.
The species names Crinalium epipsammum De Winder et al. 1991,  Microcystis aeruginosa Otsuka et al. 2001, Planktothrix mougeotii Suda et al. 2002, and Planktothrix pseudagardhii Suda and Watanabe 2002  are illegitimate.

 

See also:
. The Cyanobacteria and Their Taxonomy After Stanier (1977)
. The Cyanobacteria and Their Taxonomy After Rippka et al. (1979)

 

 

Taxonomic scheme according to NCBI Taxonomy Browser (August 31, 2009)
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?name=cyanobacteria

 

 

Order Chroococcales
 
Aphanocapsa
Aphanothece
Chamaesiphon

Chondrocystis
Chroococcus
Chroogloeocystis
Coelosphaerium
Crocosphaera

Cyanobacterium
Cyanobium

Cyanodictyon
Cyanosarcina

Cyanothece
Dactylococcopsis
Geminocystis
Gloeocapsa
Gloeothece
Halothece cluster: Euhalothece, Halothece
Johannesbaptistia

Merismopedia
Microcystis
Radiocystis
Rhabdoderma

Rubidibacter
Snowella
Sphaerocavum
Synechococcus
Synechocystis
Thermosynechococcus
Woronichinia
 
Order Gloeobacterales
 
Gloeobacter
 
Order Nostocales
 
Family Microchaetaceae
Coleodesmium
Fremyella
Hassallia
Microchaete
Petalonema
Rexia
Spirirestis

Tolypothrix
 
Family Nostocaceae
Anabaena
Anabaenopsis
Aphanizomenon
Aulosira
Cyanospira

Cylindrospermopsis
Cylindrospermum
Mojavia
Nodularia
Nostoc
Raphidiopsis
Richelia

Trichormus
 
Family Rivulariaceae
Calothrix
Gloeotrichia
Rivularia
 
Family Scytonemataceae
Brasilonema
Scytonema

Scytonematopsis
 
Order Oscillatoriales
 
Arthronema
Arthrospira

Blennothrix
Crinalium

Geitlerinema
Halomicronema

Halospirulina
Hydrocoleum
Jaaginema
Katagnymene

Komvophoron
Leptolyngbya
Limnothrix

Lyngbya
Microcoleus
Oscillatoria
Phormidium
Planktolyngbya
Planktothricoides

Planktothrix
Plectonema
Pseudanabaena
Pseudophormidium

Schizothrix
Spirulina
Starria
Symploca
Trichocoleus
Trichodesmium
Tychonema
 
Order Pleurocapsales
 
Chroococcidiopsis
Dermocarpa
Dermocarpella
Myxosarcina
Pleurocapsa
Solentia
Stanieria
Xenococcus
 
Prochlorophytes
 
Family Prochloraceae
Prochloron
 
Family Prochlorococcaceae
Prochlorococcus
 
Family Prochlorotrichaceae
Prochlorothrix
 
Oder Stigonematales
 
Capsosira
Chlorogloeopsis

Fischerella
Hapalosiphon
Mastigocladopsis

Mastigocladus
Nostochopsis
Stigonema
Symphyonema
Symphyonemopsis
Umezakia
Westiellopsis


 

 

Taxonomic scheme according to Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology 2nd Edition
D.R. BOONE, R.W. CASTENHOLZ, G.M. GARRITY (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria), Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001.

 

 

Subsection I
 
Chamaesiphon
Chroococcus
Cyanobacterium
Cyanobium
Cyanothece
Dactylococcopsis
Gloeobacter
Gloeocapsa
Gloeothece
Microcystis
Prochlorococcus
Prochloron
Synechoccus
Synechocystis
 
Subsection II
 
Subgroup I
Cyanocystis
Dermocarpella
Stanieria
Xenococcus
 
Subgroup II
Chroococcidiopsis
Myxosarcina
Pleurocapsa-group
 
Subsection III
 
Arthrospira
Borzia
Crinalium
Geitlerinemia
Leptolyngbya
Limnothrix
Lyngbya
Microcoleus
Oscillatoria
Planktothrix
Prochlorothrix
Pseudanabaena
Spirulina
Starria
Symploca
Trichodesmium
Tychonema
 
Subsection IV
 
Subgroup I
Anabaena
Anabaenopsis
Aphanizomenon
Cyanospira
Cylindrospermopsis
Cylindrospermum
Nodularia
Nostoc
Scytonema
 
Subgroup II
Calothrix
Rivularia
Tolypothrix
 
Subsection V
 
Chlorogloeopsis
Fischerella
Geitleria
Iyengariella
Nostochopsis
Stigonema


 

 

Taxonomic scheme according to Cavalier-Smith (January 14, 2002)
CAVALIER-SMITH (T.): The neomuran origin of archaebacteria, the negibacterial root of the universal tree and bacterial megaclassification. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2002, 52, 7-76.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Note: The categories kingdom, subkingdom, infrakingdom, division, and subdivision are not covered by the Rules of the Bacteriological Code (1990 Revision).

 

 

 

Kingdom Bacteria
Subkingdom Negibacteria
Infrakingdom Glycobacteria
Division Cyanobacteria
 
Subdivision Gloeobacteria
 
Class Gloeobacteria
Order Gloeobacterales
 
Subdivision Phycobacteria
 
Class Chroobacteria
Orders:
Chroococcales
Pleurocapsales
Oscillatoriales
 
Class Hormogoneae
Orders:
Nostocales
Stigonematales


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