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Table 3 Geosmin-producing species
Species Origin Habitat References

Anabaena

Anabaena sp . Lake/USA Planktonic Saadoun et al. 2001

A. laxa CA 783 Lake plankton/USA Planktonic Rashash et al. 1996

A. crassa LS698 Lake/USA/Australia Planktonic Baker et al. 1994;

Komarkova-Legnerova

and Cronberg 1992

A. circinalis River/Australia Planktonic Bowmer et al. 1992

A. circinalis Reservoir/USA Planktonic Rosen et al. 1992

A. solitaria Taiwan Planktonic Wu et al. 1991

A. viguieri Taiwan Planktonic Wu et al. 1991

A. macrospora River/Japan Planktonic Tsuchiya and Matsumoto

1988

A. scheremetievi Water supply/USA Planktonic Izaguirre et al. 1982

Elenkin
Oscillatoria

O. limosa River/Spain Benthic Vilalta et al. 2003, 2004

O. limosa River/Reservoir/ van Breeman et al. 1992

Netherlands

Oscillatoria sp. Periphyton, river/

(Philadelphia)

USA Benthic Burlingame et al. 1986

O. brevis Inland water/Norway Benthic Berglind et. al. 1983b

O. simplicissima Water supply/USA Pipeline Izaguirre et al. 1982

O. tenuis Fish pond/Israel Aschner et al. 1967

Phormidium

Phormidium LS1283 Algae, lake/USA Benthic Taylor et al. 2006

Phormidium cf. Reservoir/USA Sediment Taylor et al. 2006

inundatum LO584

Phormidium sp. Canal/USA Taylor et al. 2006

(SDC202a,b,c)

Phormidium sp. Reservoir/USA Sediment Taylor et al. 2006

DCR301

Phormidium sp. Reservoir/USA Sediment Taylor et al. 2006

ER0100

Phormidium DC 699 Algae/lake/USA Benthic Taylor et al. 2006

Phormidium sp . LD499 Algae/ lake Benthic Taylor et al. 2006

Phormidium sp. LM494 Lake/USA Sediments Taylor et al. 2006

Phormidium sp. LS587 Lake/USA Sediments Taylor et al. 2006

Phormidium sp. R12 Canal/USA Taylor et al. 2006

P. allorgei Lake/Japan Benthic Sugiura et al. 1997

Phormidium sp . Lake/USA Benthic Izaguirre and Taylor

1995

P. amoenum Japan Benthic Tsuchiya and Matsumoto

1988

P. simplissimum Fish, water/Finland Benthic Persson 1988

P. formosum Fish, water/Finland Benthic Persson 1988

P. cortianum Fish farming lake/ Benthic Tabachek and

Japan Yurakowski 1976

Other geosmin-producing species

Nostoc sp. Creek/USA Periphytic Taylor et al. 2006

Microcoleus-like cyano Aqueduct/USA Epiphytic Izaguirre and Taylor

1995