Gomphosphaeria

Gomphosphaeria (sometimes written Gonphosphaeria) is a genus of cyanobacteria belonging to the family Gomphosphaeriaceae.^[1]

Gomphosphaeria
Gonphosphaeria sp.
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Kingdom:	Bacillati
Phylum:	Cyanobacteriota
Class:	Cyanophyceae
Order:	Chroococcales
Family:	Gomphosphaeriaceae
Genus:	Gomphosphaeria Kützing

Gomphosphaeria aponina Kütz., illustration of a colony pressed apart

The genus was first described by Friedrich Traugott Kützing in 1836.^[1]

The genus has cosmopolitan distribution.^[2]

Species:

• Gomphosphaeria aponina
• Gomphosphaeria salina
• Gomphosphaeria virieuxii