Strains

All strains in the culture collection represent planktonic cyanobacteria.

They can be divided into two ecological groups, water-bloom forming cyanobacetria (genera Anabaena, Anabaenopsis, Aphanizomenon, Chroococcus, Microcystis and Planktothrix), ...

... and picocyanobacteria (cell size 0.6 to 2 mm; genera Aphanocapsa, Aphanothece, Cyanobium, Cyanodictyon, Synechococcus and Synechocystis).