Woronichinia

Woronichinia is a genus of cyanobacteria, belonging to the family Coelosphaeriaceae.[1]

Woronichinia
Scientific classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Cyanobacteria
Class: Cyanophyceae
Order: Synechococcales
Family: Coelosphaeriaceae
Genus: Woronichinia
A.A.Elenkin

The genus was described in 1933 by Alexander Elenkin[1] and is named after the Russian microbiologist N. N. Woronichin (1882—1956).[2]

The genus is native to Europe and Northern America.[3]

Species:[1]

  • Woronichinia botrys (Skuja) Komárek & Hindák, 1988
  • Woronichinia compacta (Lemmermann) Komárek & Hindák, 1988
  • Woronichinia delicatula (Skuja) Komárek & Hindák, 1988
  • Woronichinia elorantae Komárek & Komárková-Legnerová, 1992
  • Woronichinia fremyi (Komárek) Komárek & Hindák, 1988
  • Woronichinia fusca (Skuja) Komárek & Hindák, 1988
  • Woronichinia karelica Komárek & Komárková-Legnerová, 1992
  • Woronichinia klingiae Komárek & Komárková-Legnerová, 1992
  • Woronichinia kuseliae M.Watanabe & Komárek, 1994
  • Woronichinia meiocystis Joosten, 2006
  • Woronichinia microcystoides (Komárek) Joosten, 2006
  • Woronichinia naegeliana (Unger) Elenkin, 1933
  • Woronichinia obtusa Joosten, 2006
  • Woronichinia problematica Joosten, 2006
  • Woronichinia radians (Hortobágyi) Komárek & Hindák, 1988
  • Woronichinia robusta (Skuja) Komárek & Hindák, 1988
  • Woronichinia tenera (Skuja) Komárek & Hindák, 1988

References

  1. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Woronichinia Elenkin, 1933". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
  2. see the Russian interwiki, section 'Таксоны, названные в честь Н. Н. Воронихина'
  3. "Woronichinia Elenkin, 1933". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 15 January 2021.

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