Defining Characteristics:
- Colony forming? Yes
- Filamentous? No
- Unicellular to colonial coccoid
- Extremely variable colony morphology
- Spherical, lobate and/or elongated morphologies
- Cells generally spherical
- Densely arranged within colonies
- Aerotopes present
- Heterocysts and akinetes absent
- Could be confused with: Woronichinia
Colonies
