Lyngbya

Taxobox
color = lightgrey
name = "Lyngbya"
regnum = Bacteria
phylum = Cyanobacteria
ordo = Oscillatoria
genus = "Lyngbya"
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision ="Lyngbya aestuarii"
"Lyngbya bouillonii"
"Lyngbya confervoides"
"Lyngbya hieronymusii"
"Lyngbya kuetzingii"
"Lyngbya majuscula"
"Lyngbya polychroa"
"Lyngbya semiplena"
"Lyngbya hieronymusii"
"Lyngbya hieronymusii"

"Lyngbya" is a genus of cyanobacteria that is one of the causes of the human skin irritation called "swimmer's itch". This skin irritation is unrelated to cercarial dermatitis. Some "Lyngbya" species also cause destruction of aquatic ecosystems when they form dense floating mats in the water.

Further reading

* [http://protist.i.hosei.ac.jp/PDB/Images/Prokaryotes/Oscillatoriaceae/Lyngbya/ Prokaryotes]
* [http://www.library.uq.edu.au/pdfserve.php?
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* [http://www.latimes.com/news/local/oceans/la-me-ocean30jul30,0,6670018,full.story LA Times News]
* [http://plants.ifas.ufl.edu/lynsp.html Invasive species]