Chroococcus
{{Short description|Genus of bacteria}}
{{Automatic taxobox
|image = SAG 36.85 Chroococcus turgidus SWES6wk ML 160818 010 ovl prime.jpg
|image_caption = Chroococcus turgidus
|taxon = Chroococcus
|authority = Nägeli, 1849
}}
Chroococcus is a genus of cyanobacteria belonging to the family Chroococcaceae.{{cite web |title=Chroococcus Nägeli, 1849 |url=https://www.gbif.org/species/3216094 |website=www.gbif.org |access-date=15 April 2021 |language=en}}
As a result of recent genetic analyses, several new genera were erected from this genus: e.g., Limnococcus.{{cite journal | doi=10.1007/s10750-009-0015-3 | title=Variability of Chroococcus (Cyanobacteria) morphospecies with regard to phylogenetic relationships | year=2010 | last1=Komárková | first1=Jarka | last2=Jezberová | first2=Jitka | last3=Komárek | first3=Ondřej | last4=Zapomělová | first4=Eliška | journal=Hydrobiologia | volume=639 | pages=69–83 | s2cid=31579474 }}
The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution.
- Chroococcus batavus {{Au|Joosten}}
- Chroococcus cimneticus {{Au|Ong}}
- Chroococcus cohaerens {{Au|(Bréb.) Nägeli}}
- Chroococcus dispersus {{Au|(Keissl.) Lemmermann}}
- Chroococcus hansgirgi {{Au|Schmidle}}
- Chroococcus minor {{Au|(Kütz.) Nägeli}}
- Chroococcus minutus {{Au|(Kütz.) Nägeli}}
- Chroococcus turgidus {{Au|(Kütz.) Nägeli}}
- Chroococcus yellowstonensis {{Au|J.J.Copeland}}