Phormidium

Phormidium is a genus of cyanobacteria in the family Oscillatoriaceae.^[1]

Phormidium
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Kingdom:	Bacillati
Phylum:	Cyanobacteriota
Class:	Cyanophyceae
Order:	Oscillatoriales
Family:	Oscillatoriaceae
Genus:	Phormidium Kützing ex Gomont, 1892

As a result of recent genetic analyses, several new genera were erected from this genus, e.g. Potamolinea.^[2]

Species

83, including

• Phormidium ambiguum
• Phormidium allorgei
• Phormidium aerugineo-caeruleum
• Phormidium lucidum
• Phormidium subfuscum^[3]

Moved:

• Phormidium africanum → Leptolyngbya africana^[4]
• Phormidium formosum → Kamptonema formosum^[5]