Defining Characteristics:
- Colony forming? No
- Filamentous? No
- Cell shape: Coccoid
- Cell size: ~ 1 µm wide, ~3 µm in length
- Sheath is absent, but a mucilagenous halo may be present
- Aerotopes. heterocysts and akinetes are absent
- Could be confused with Synechococcus
Coccoids
