Nostoc parmelioides

Nostoc parmelioides
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Cyanobacteria
Class:	Cyanophyceae
Order:	Nostocales
Family:	Nostocaceae
Genus:	Nostoc
Species:	N. parmelioides
Binomial name
Nostoc parmelioides Kützing ex Bornet & Flahault 1886

Nostoc parmelioides is a species of cyanobacterium in the family Nostocaceae. It is notable for its symbiosis with a midge larva, Cricotopus nostocicola.^[1]

References

1. Brock, Elbert M. (July 1960). "Mutualism Between the Midge Cricotopus and the Alga Nostoc" (PDF). Ecology. 41 (3): 474–483. Bibcode:1960Ecol...41..474B. doi:10.2307/1933322. JSTOR 1933322. Retrieved August 2, 2021.