Chroococcales is an order of cyanobacterial life which includes the harmful algal bloom Microcystis aeruginosa

Microcystis aeruginosa

Microcystis aeruginosa is a species of freshwater cyanobacteria which can form harmful algal blooms that are of economic and ecological importance...

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Characteristics

The order is characterized by single, floating cells or colonies which are embedded to a matrix. There is also a lack of differentiation between apical and basal structures.

Genera

It consists of one family (Microcystaceae

Microcystaceae

Microcystaceae is family of cyanobacterial life which contains the harmful algal bloom Microcystis aeruginosa.-Characteristics:The family is characterized by single, floating cells or colonies which are embedded to a matrix. There is also a lack of differentiation between apical and basal structures....

) with several genera, including:

• Microcystis
  Microcystis
  Microcystis is the genus of freshwater cyanobacteria which includes the harmful algal bloom Microcystis aeruginosa.-Etymology:The generic moniker Microcystis derives from the Greek mikros + kystis...
  
  
• Anacystis
• Chondrocystis
• Eucapsis
• Gloeocapsa
  Gloeocapsa
  Gloeocapsa is a genus of unicellular photoautotrophic bacteria, , and is a prokaryote. The cells secrete individual gelatinous sheaths which can often be seen as sheaths around recently divided cells within outer sheaths...
  
  
• Polycystis
• Trochiscia
  Trochiscia
  In taxonomy, Trochiscia is a genus of algae, specifically of the Chlorophyceae.-Scientific databases:* * *...