Cyanobacteria

See also: cyanobacteria

Translingual

Etymology

cyano- + Bacteria

Proper noun

Cyanobacteria

  1. The only photosynthetic prokaryotes able to produce oxygen.
    1. A taxonomic phylum within the kingdom Bacteria – (formerly within subkingdom Eubacteria) - the blue-green algae.[1]
    2. A taxonomic class within the phylum Cyanobacteria.

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References

  1. Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248. pmid:25923521
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