''Merismopedia'' (from the Greek ''merismos''
ivisionand the Greek ''pedion''
lain
Lain may refer to:
Places
*Lain, Guinea, a town and sub-prefecture in the Nzérékoré Region
*Lain, Iran, a village in Kurdistan Province
*Lain, Yonne, a commune in the Yonne ''département'', France
People
*Douglas Lain (born 1970), American sc ...
is a genus of
cyanobacteria found in fresh and salt water. It is ovoid or spherical in shape and arranged in rows and flats, forming rectangular colonies held together by a mucilaginous matrix. Species in this genus divide in only two directions, creating a characteristic grid-like pattern.
References
External links
NCBI Taxonomy: Merismopedia*
Synechococcales
Cyanobacteria genera
Bacteria genera
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