Nodularia

Cross Index	Nodularia
SuperSet	Prokaryote, Eubacteria Oxygenic Phototrophic Bacteria
Compare	Cyanobacteria Chroococcales: Chamaesiphon, Cyanothece, Gloeobacter, Gleocapsa, Gloethece, Microcystis, Myxobaktron, Synechococcus, Synechocystis Pleurocapsales Chroococcidiopsis, Dermocarpa, Dermocarpella, Myxosarcina, Pleurocapsa, Xenococcus Oscillatoriales Arthrospira, Crinalium, Lyngbya, Microcoleus, Oscillatoria, Pseudoanabaena, Spirulina, Starria, Trichodesmium Nostocales Anabaena, Aphanizamenon, Cylindrospermum, Nodularia, Nostoc, Scytonema, Calothrix Stigonematales Chlorogloepsis, Fischerella, Geitleria, Stigonema Prochlorales Procloron didemni, Prochlorothrix hollandica
Contrast	Anoxygenic Phototrophic Bacteria Archaea
Subset

Reference	Nodularia
First citation	Mertins,K.H.. 1822. In Jurgens, Algae Aquaticae. Decas XV, No 4.
The Prokaryotes
Bergey's Systematatic	p1786 R.W. Castenholz
Bergey's Determinative	p 404
References

Staining
Morphology	discoid
Motility	slow gliding motility under most conditions.
Specialized structures	Nodularia has vegitative cells, akinetes and heterocysts that are shorter than broad and often referred to as discoid or disklike. cell breadth is constant the entire length of the trichome. the compressed heterocysts are intercalary,with equally compressed akinetes (often in series) forming usually distant from heterocysts.