Aphanizomenon

Aphanizomenon

Taxobox
name = "Aphanizomenon"
regnum = Bacteria
divisio = Cyanobacteria
classis = "see" [http://ijs.sgmjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/54/5/1895]
ordo = Nostocales
familia = Nostocaceae
genus = "Aphanizomenon"
genus_authority =
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = "Aphanizomenon flos-aquae"

"Aphanizomenon" is an important genus of cyanobacteria that inhabits freshwater lakes and can cause choking blooms. Studies on the species "Aphanizomenon flos-aquae" have shown that it can regulate buoyancy through light-induced changes in turgor pressure. [Konopka, A., T. D. Brock & A. E. Walsby. 1978. "Buoyancy regulation by planktonic blue-green algae in Lake Mendota, Wisconsin." "Arch. Hydrobiol." 83: 524-537.] It is also able to move by means of gliding, though the specific mechanism by which this is possible is not yet known.

Several companies have begun selling Aphanizomenon-containing dietary supplements. They are marketed as improving health in a number of ways similar to the supplement Spirulina, another species of Cyanobacteria.

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