Woronichinia is a genus of cyanobacteria, belonging to the family Coelosphaeriaceae.
The genus was described in 1933 by Alexander Elenkin and is named after the Russian microbiologist N. N. Woronichin (1882âÂÂ1956).
The genus is native to Europe and Northern America.
Species:
- Woronichinia botrys <small>(Skuja) Komárek & Hindák, 1988</small>
- Woronichinia compacta <small>(Lemmermann) Komárek & Hindák, 1988</small>
- Woronichinia delicatula <small>(Skuja) Komárek & Hindák, 1988</small>
- Woronichinia elorantae <small>Komárek & Komárková-Legnerová, 1992</small>
- Woronichinia fremyi <small>(Komárek) Komárek & Hindák, 1988</small>
- Woronichinia fusca <small>(Skuja) Komárek & Hindák, 1988</small>
- Woronichinia karelica <small>Komárek & Komárková-Legnerová, 1992</small>
- Woronichinia klingiae <small>Komárek & Komárková-Legnerová, 1992</small>
- Woronichinia kuseliae <small>M.Watanabe & Komárek, 1994</small>
- Woronichinia meiocystis <small>Joosten, 2006</small>
- Woronichinia microcystoides <small>(Komárek) Joosten, 2006</small>
- Woronichinia naegeliana <small>(Unger) Elenkin, 1933</small>
- Woronichinia obtusa <small>Joosten, 2006</small>
- Woronichinia problematica <small>Joosten, 2006</small>
- Woronichinia radians <small>(Hortobágyi) Komárek & Hindák, 1988</small>
- Woronichinia robusta <small>(Skuja) Komárek & Hindák, 1988</small>
- Woronichinia tenera <small>(Skuja) Komárek & Hindák, 1988</small>
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