Dolichospermum flos-aquae
Dolichospermum flos-aquae is a species of cyanobacteria belonging to the family Aphanizomenonaceae.
Type locality: Sweden, Denmark, Scotland, France, Germany, USA.
Taxonomy
It was originally described as Anabaena flos-aquae. Dolichospermum was created in 2009, bringing in a well-defined group from Anabaena. The similarly-named Aphanizomenon flos-aquae falls into the clade, but was not renamed.Genomes
As of 2025, 4 genomes of D. flos-aquae are available on NCBI.As of 2025, GTDB's genome-based taxonomy assigns the genomes sequenced as D. flos-aquae as:Dolichospermum flos-aquae LEGE 04289, assigned to Dolichospermum planctonicumDolichospermum flos-aquae CCAP 1403/13F, assigned to Dolichospermum lemmermannii as species-representativeDolichospermum flos-aquae UHCC 0037, assigned to Dolichospermum heterosporum.