Taber's Medical Dictionary
Anabaena
(an″ă-bē′nă )
[L. Anabaena, fr. Gr. anabainein, to go up]
A genus of Cyanobacteria that live as plankton in fresh and saltwater. Some species produce neurotoxins.
SEE: blue-green algae ; SEE: Cyanobacteria
Citation
Venes, Donald, editor. "Anabaena." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 25th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2025. Taber's Online, www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/768702/0/Anabaena.
Anabaena. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/768702/0/Anabaena. Accessed May 26, 2026.
Anabaena. (2025). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (25th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/768702/0/Anabaena
Anabaena [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. [cited 2026 May 26]. Available from: https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/768702/0/Anabaena.
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