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Genetic relationships of cyanobacteria: terrestrial vs aquatic

I believe one of the site members is an expert in cyanobacteria hence the question.

I'm looking for a comprehensive 'phylogenetic tree' of the Phylum Cyanobacteria and want to identify all the terrestrial members/groups. For example, Nodosilinea is one of the terrestrial members.

Part of my reason for asking is that the orders can be polyphyletic. From my point of view not taxonomically helpful.

Orders

Chroococcales Chroococcidiopsidales Gloeobacterales Nostocales Oscillatoriales Pleurocapsales Spirulinales Synechococcales Incertae sedis

Background Cyanobacteria a massive phylum important to both terrestrial and aquatic habits, but what I need to understand are, which is which and how terrestrial members are distributed across the tree. The reason they are interesting (both aquatic and terrestrial) is they are efficient at removing CO2 from the atmosphere.

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