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anabaena

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an·a·bae·na  (n-bn)
n.
Any of various freshwater algae of the genus Anabaena that sometimes occur in drinking water and cause a bad taste and odor.

[New Latin Anabaena, genus name, from Greek anabainein, to go up : ana-, ana- + bainein, to go; see gw- in Indo-European roots.]

anabaena [ˌænəˈbiːnə]
n pl -nas
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any freshwater alga of the genus Anabaena, sometimes occurring in drinking water, giving it a fishy taste and smell
[New Latin, from Greek anabainein to shoot up, go up, from ana- + bainein to go; so called because they rise to the surface at intervals]


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She said: "Following confirmation from the Environment Agency that water samples taken from the lake at Caernarfon Park on July 14 contained blue green algae Anabaena flos-aquae that was higher than the acceptable threshold level, we immediately placed warning signs along the shore of the lake.
Blooms of other cyanobacteria (Microcystis, Anabaena, Trichodesmium) as well as of diatoms (Coscinodiscus, Bellerochea, Chaetocerus, Cerautolina) and dinoflagellates (Ceratium, Noctiluca) have also been reported in waters of south-western Nigeria (Nwankwo, 1993; Nwankwo et al.
lagoa rio DIVISÂO CYANOPHYTA Juparanã Pequeno Anabaena ambigua Rao CT Anabaena solitaria Klebam CT CT Anabaena sp.
 
 
 
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