trichodesmium

Noun
  1. Large colonial bacterium common in tropical open-ocean waters;
    Important in carbon and nitrogen fixation (synset 101362403)
    is a type of: 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
    belongs to: genus trichodesmium - a genus of blue-green algae

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