class cyanobacteria

1. Photosynthetic bacteria found in fresh and salt water, having chlorophyll a and phycobilins;
   Once thought to be algae: blue-green algae (synset 101360900)
   is a type of: class - (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders
   member holonym:

   • blue-green algae, cyanobacteria - predominantly photosynthetic prokaryotic organisms containing a blue pigment in addition to chlorophyll; occur singly or in colonies in diverse habitats; important as phytoplankton
   • family nostocaceae, nostocaceae - blue-green algae
   • family oscillatoriaceae, oscillatoriaceae - blue green algae
   belongs to: cyanophyta, division cyanophyta - prokaryotic organisms sometimes considered a class or phylum or subkingdom; coextensive with the Cyanophyceae: cyanobacteria (blue-green algae)
   same as: class cyanophyceae, cyanophyceae

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