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Asterionellopsis
Asteromphalus

Attheya
Bacteriastrum
Cerataulina
Chaetoceros
Corethron

Coscinodiscus
Cylindrotheca
Detonula
Ditylum

Entomoneis
Eucampia
Guinardia
Hemiaulus

Lauderia
Leptocylindrus
Licmophora
Lioloma

Lithodesmium
Odontella
Pleurosigma
Proboscia
Pseudo-nitzschia
Rhizosolenia
Skeletonema
Stephanopyxis
Thalassionema
Thalassiosira

Thalassiothrix

Tropidoneis

 

Other

Dictyocha (Silicoflagellate)
Heterosigma akashiwo
(Raphidophyte)

 

Akashiwo
Alexandrium
Amphidinium
Amylax
Boreadinium
Ceratium
Dinophysis
Gonyaulax

Gymnodinium

Gyrodinium

Karenia
Lingulodinium
Margalefidinium (formerly Cochlodinium)
Noctiluca
Oxyphysis
Oxytoxum

Polykrikos
Prorocentrum
Protoceratium
Protoperidinium
Pyrocystis

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Diatoms vs. Dinoflagellates
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Toxigenic organisms
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Aphanizomenon (Cyanobacteria)

Asterionella formosa (Diatom)

Ceratium (Dinoflagellate)

Cylindrospermopsis (Cyanobacteria)
Cymbella (Diatom)

Dinobryon (Chrysophyte)

Dolichospermum (Cyanobacteria)

__Dolichospermum crassum

__Dolichospermum flos-aquae

__Dolichospermum planctonicum

Entomoneis (Diatom)

Fragilaria (Diatom)
Gloeocapsa (Cyanobacteria)
Licmophora (Diatom)
Melosira (Diatom)
Microcystis (Cyanobacteria)
Nodularia (Cyanobacteria)
Oscillatoria (Cyanobacteria)

Pediastrum (Chlorophyte)
Planktothrix (Cyanobacteria)

Spirulina (Cyanobacteria)
Staurastrum
(Chlorophyte)

Stephanodiscus (Diatom)
Woronichinia (Cyanobacteria)

 

 

 

 


 

 

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