Defining Characteristics:
- Colony forming? No
- Filamentous? Yes
- Generally straight morphology
- Motile with oscillating motion
- Often occurring in mats
- Cells always shorter than wide
- Coin stack morphology
- Cells contain evident granules
- Aerotopes may be present (rare)
- Heterocysts and akinetes absent
- Could be confused with: Lyngbya
