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Lemmermann, E. (1898) Der grosse Waterneverstorfer Binnensee. Eine biologische Studie. Forschungsberichte aus der Biologischen Station zu Plön 6: 166–205

Bourrelly, P. (1957) Une nouvelle espèce de Cyanophycée d’eau douce du genre Desmosiphon. Bulletin du Centre d’Études et de Recherches Scientifiques Biarritz 4: 589–593.

Gugger, M.F. & Hoffmann, L. (2004) Polyphyly of true branching cyanobacteria (Stigonematales) International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 54: 349–357.

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Royle, J.F. (1839) Illustrations of the Botany and other branches of natural history of the Himalayan Mountains, and of the Flora of the Cashmere. Vol. 1. William H. Allen & Co., London, 472 pp.

Birrenkott, A., Wilde, S.B., Hains, J.J., Fischer, J.R., Murphy, T.M., Hope, C.P., Parnell, P.G. & Bowerman, W.W. (2004) Establishing a food-chain link between aquatic plant material and avian vacuolar myelinopathy in mallards (Anas platyrhynchos) Journal of Wildlife Diseases 40: 485–492.

Vaccarino, M.A. & Johansen, J.R. (2012) Brasilonema angustatum sp. nov. (Nostocales), a new filamentous cyanobacterium from the Hawaiian Islands. Journal of Phycology 48: 1178–1186.

Williams, S.K., Kempton, J., Wilde, S.B. & Lewitus, A.J. (2007) A novel epiphytic cyanobacterium associated with reservoirs affected by avian vacuolar myelinopathy. Harmful Algae 6: 343–353.

Řeháková, K., Johansen, J.R., Casamatta, D.A., Xuesong, L. & Vincent. J. (2007) Morphological and molecular characterization of selected desert soil cyanobacteria: Three species new to science including Mojavia pulchra gen. et sp. nov. Phycologia 46: 481–502.

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Stewart, I., Carmichael, W.W. & Backer, L.C. (2011) Toxic cyanobacteria. In: Selendy, J.M.H. (Ed.) Water and Sanitation-Related Diseases and the Environment. John Wiley & Sons, New York, pp. 95–110.

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Haynie, R.H., Bowerman, W.W., Williams, S.K. Morrison, J.R. Grizzle, J.R. Fischer, J.R. & Wilde S.B. (2013) Are triploid grass carp suitable for aquatic vegetation management in systems affected by Avian Vacuolar Myelinopathy? Journal of Aquatic Animal Health 25: 252–259.

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Nodosilinea chupicuarensis sp. nov. (Leptolyngbyaceae, Synechococcales) a subaerial cyanobacterium isolated from a stone monument in central Mexico

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Research into the taxonomy of a novel cyanobacterial epiphyte in locations where birds, most notably Bald eagle and American coots, are dying from a neurologic disease (Avian Vacuolar Myelinopathy—AVM) has been ongoing since 2001. Field investigations revealed that all sites where birds were dying had extensive invasive aquatic vegetation with dense colonies of an unknown cyanobacterial species growing on the underside of leaves. Morphological evaluation indicated that this was a true-branching, heterocystous taxon falling within the former order Stigonematales. However, 16S rRNA gene sequence demonstrated that it did not match closely with any described genus or species. More recent sequence analysis of the 16S rRNA gene and associated ITS region from additional true branching species resulted in a unique phylogenetic placement distant from the other clades of true-branching cyanobacteria. Light, epifluorescent, and transmission and scanning electron micrographs confirm the novel characteristics of this species, which is true-branching form with uniseriate basal filaments. It is encased within a firm sheath and has heterocytes both within the filaments and at the tips of the branches. The species is in a new genus of uncertain family assignment, and is herein named Aetokthonos hydrillicola gen. et sp. nov.

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