| Nostocales |
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| Anabaena flos-aquae |
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| Scientific classification |
| Domain: |
Bacteria |
| Kingdom: |
Bacillati |
| Phylum: |
Cyanobacteriota |
| Class: |
Cyanophyceae |
| Order: |
Nostocales
T.Cavalier-Smith |
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| Families |
- Aphanizomenonaceae Elenkin
- Capsosiraceae (Geitler) Elenkin
- Chlorogloeopsidaceae (Mitra) Mitra & Pandey
- Fortieaceae
- Gloeotrichiaceae Komárek et al. 2014
- Godleyaceae Hauer, Mareš, Bohunická, Johansen, & Berrendero-Gomez
- Hapalosiphonaceae Elenkin
- Nostocaceae C. A. Agardh ex Kirchner
- Rivulariaceae Kützing ex Bornet & Flahault
- Scytonemataceae Rabenhorst ex Bornet & Flahault
- Stigonemataceae Borzì
- Symphyonemataceae Hoffmann, Komárek, & Kaštovský
- Tolypothrichaceae Hauer, Mareš, Bohunická, Johansen, & Berrendero-Gomez
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| Synonyms |
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The Nostocales are an order of cyanobacteria containing most of its species. It includes filamentous forms, both simple or branched, and both those occurring as single strands or multiple strands within a sheath. Some members show a decrease in width from the base, and some have heterocysts.