Anabaena

Anabaena
A genus of Cyanobacteria found in fresh water that can cause odor in water supplies; although not invasive pathogens, they produce potent saxitoxinlike neurotoxins that can poison farm animals ingesting heavily infected pond water.

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an·a·bae·na .an-ə-'bē-nə n
1) cap a genus of freshwater cyanobacteria (family Nostocaceae) having cells in beadlike filaments and often contaminating reservoirs
2) a cyanobacterium of the genus Anabaena

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Ana·bae·na (an″ə-beґnə) a genus of cyanobacteria that sometimes contaminates water, giving it an offensive odor and danger of cyanobacteria poisoning.

Medical dictionary. 2011.

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