Gloeocapsa

Gloeocapsa
Gloecapsa
Scientific classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Cyanobacteria
Class: Cyanophyceae
Order: Chroococcales
Family: Chroococcaceae
Genus: Gloeocapsa
Kützing, 1843
Species

Gloeocapsa acervata
Gloeocapsa alpicola
Gloeocapsa africana
Gloeocapsa arenaria
Gloeocapsa attingens
Gloeocapsa aurata
Gloeocapsa alpina
Gloeocapsa aeruginosa
Gloeocapsa atrata
Gloeocapsa ampla
Gloeocapsa bahamensis
Gloeocapsa bituminosa
Gloeocapsa biformis
Gloeocapsa botryoides
Gloeocapsa caldariorum
Gloeocapsa calcicola
Gloeocapsa calcarea
Gloeocapsa cartilaginea
Gloeocapsa compacta
Gloeocapsa conglomerata
Gloeocapsa conspicua
Gloeocapsa coracina
Gloeocapsa cryptococcoides
Gloeocapsa crepidinum
Gloeocapsa dermochroa
Gloeocapsa dispersa
Gloeocapsa dirumpens
Gloeocapsa didyma
Gloeocapsa decorticans
Gloeocapsa docorticans
Gloeocapsa endocodia
Gloeocapsa gigas
Gloeocapsa geminata
Gloeocapsa gelatinosa
Gloeocapsa granosa
Gloeocapsa haematodes
Gloeocapsa holstii
Gloeocapsa ianthina
Gloeocapsa insignis
Gloeocapsa incrustata
Gloeocapsa livida
Gloeocapsa juliana
Gloeocapsa kuetzingiana
Gloeocapsa luteofusca
Gloeocapsa mellea
Gloeocapsa magma
Gloeocapsa membranina
Gloeocapsa minutula
Gloeocapsa multisphaerica
Gloeocapsa myxophila
Gloeocapsa montana
Gloeocapsa monococca
Gloeocapsa nigrescens
Gloeocapsa nigra
Gloeocapsa ocellata
Gloeocapsa ovalis
Gloeocapsa opaca
Gloeocapsa palmelloides
Gloeocapsa paroliniana
Gloeocapsa punctata
Gloeocapsa planctonica
Gloeocapsa polydermatica
Gloeocapsa purpurea
Gloeocapsa quaternata
Gloeocapsa quarternata
Gloeocapsa ralfsii
Gloeocapsa ralfsiana
Gloeocapsa reicheltii
Gloeocapsa rupicola
Gloeocapsa rosea
Gloeocapsa rubicunda
Gloeocapsa rupestris
Gloeocapsa sabulosa
Gloeocapsa sanguinea
Gloeocapsa stillicidiorum
Gloeocapsa salina
Gloeocapsa sanguinolenta
Gloeocapsa saxicola
Gloeocapsa scopulorum
Gloeocapsa siderochlamys
Gloeocapsa sparsa
Gloeocapsa stegophila
Gloeocapsa sphaerica
Gloeocapsa shuttleworthiana
Gloeocapsa squamulosa
Gloeocapsa subulosa
Gloeocapsa thermalis
Gloeocapsa tornensis
Gloeocapsa tropica
Gloeocapsa violacea
Gloeocapsa versicolor
Gloeocapsa zostericola

Gloeocapsa (from the Greek gloia (gelatinous) and the Latin capsa (case)) is a genus of cyanobacteria. The cells secrete individual gelatinous sheaths which can often be seen as sheaths around recently divided cells within outer sheaths. Recently divided cell pairs often appear to be only one cell since the new cells cohere temporarily. They are also known as glow caps, a term derived from the yellowish hue given off by the cap.

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