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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 Oct 31.
Published in final edited form as: FEMS Microbiol Ecol. 2008 Feb 7;64(1):55–64. doi: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2008.00439.x

Table 1.

Origin and morphological characteristics of cyanobacteria and chlorophytes

Strain Source Characteristics
Cyanobacteria
Fischerella sp. 52−1 Lake Tennessee, central Florida Branched filaments, ellipsoid cells in main filament - 10 μm and cylindrical cells in the side filaments - 5 μm in diameter
    Lyngbya sp. 15−2 Floating periphyton mat, C111 canal, southern Florida Filaments 20 μm in diameter
    Nostoc sp. 23−2 Lake Istokpoga, central Florida Straight filaments, cylindrical cells 2.5 μm × 5.0 μm
    Nostoc sp. Ev-1 Shark Valley, Everglades, southern Florida Straight filaments, spherical cells 5 μm in diameter
    Nostoc sp. 37−7 Crescent Lake, central Florida Contorted filaments, cells spherical or cylindrical, diameter 3 μm
    Nostoc sp. 58−2 Lake Istokpoga central Florida Straight filaments, cells oval 2.5 μm × 5.0 μm
    Pseudanabaena sp. 21−9−3 Storm Water Treatment Area (STA 1), southern Florida Straight filaments, cells isodiametric, diameter 2.5 μm
    Scytonema sp. 26−1 Periphyton mat C-111 canal, southern Florida Branched, sheathed filaments, cylindrical, diameter 12 μm, cells
Chlorophyta
    Ankistrodesmus sp. 45−2 Lake Howard, central Florida Cells narrow contorted, 25−30 μm long
    Chlamydomonas sp. Ev-29 Shark Valley, Everglades southern Florida Cells ovoid 7.5−10.0 μm in diameter
    Excentrosphaera sp. 46−4 Lake William Roe Park, central Florida Spherical cells 10−60 μm and spores 3 μm in diameter
    Chlorella sp. 2−4 Everglades, Shark Valley, southern Florida Cells spherical or ellipsoidal, 7−8 μm in diameter
    Selenastrum sp. 34−4 Periphyton mat, C-111 canal, southern Florida Lunate cells, 5−7 μm long
    Rhizoclonium sp. Ev-17 Shark Valley, Everglades, southern Florida Unbranched filaments, cylindrical cells 5 μm in diameter