Nostoc Family Cyanobacteria is a Browse By group of the Nature Atlas that gathers cyanobacteria of the family Nostocaceae, filament-forming bacteria that fix nitrogen from the air, such as Nostoc commune, which forms jelly-like colonies on damp soil and rock, and Dolichospermum flos-aquae, which drifts as plankton in fresh water. It excludes marine cyanobacteria and cyanobacteria of other families.
Nostoc Family Cyanobacteria (Nostocaceae)
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GBIF: Nostoc commune Vaucher ex Bornet & Flahault
GBIFHas Member: Nostoc Commune, Species recordQuote, Has Member: Nostoc Commune, Species record
family: Nostocaceae
GBIF: Dolichospermum flosaquae (Bréb. ex Bornet & Flahault) Wacklin, L.Hoffm. & Komárek
GBIFHas Member: Dolichospermum Flos-Aquae, Species recordQuote, Has Member: Dolichospermum Flos-Aquae, Species record
family: Nostocaceae
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