cyanobacteria

Noun
  1. Predominantly photosynthetic prokaryotic organisms containing a blue pigment in addition to chlorophyll;
    Occur singly or in colonies in diverse habitats;
    Important as phytoplankton (synset 101361213)
    is a type of: eubacteria, eubacterium, true bacteria - a large group of bacteria having rigid cell walls; motile types have flagella
    subtypes:
    • nostoc - found in moist places as rounded jellylike colonies
    • trichodesmium - large colonial bacterium common in tropical open-ocean waters; important in carbon and nitrogen fixation
    belongs to: class cyanobacteria, class cyanophyceae, cyanophyceae - photosynthetic bacteria found in fresh and salt water, having chlorophyll a and phycobilins; once thought to be algae: blue-green algae
    same as: blue-green algae

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