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Bacteria > Gram-Negative Bacteria > Gram-Negative Oxygenic Photosynthetic Bacteria > Cyanobacteria

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Cyanobacteria  

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Entry terms

  • Algae, Blue Green
  • Algae, Blue-Green
  • Bacteria, Blue Green
  • Bacteria, Blue-Green
  • Blue Green Algae
  • Blue-Green Algae
  • Blue Green Bacteria
  • Blue-Green Bacteria
  • Cyanophyceae

Note

  • general or unspecified; prefer specifics; do not confuse entry term CYANOPHYCEAE with CYANOPHORA

Scope note

  • A phylum of oxygenic photosynthetic bacteria comprised of unicellular to multicellular bacteria possessing CHLOROPHYLL a and carrying out oxygenic PHOTOSYNTHESIS. Cyanobacteria are the only known organisms capable of fixing both CARBON DIOXIDE (in the presence of light) and NITROGEN. Cell morphology can include nitrogen-fixing heterocysts and/or resting cells called akinetes. Formerly called blue-green algae, cyanobacteria were traditionally treated as ALGAE.

History note

  • 92; was ALGAE, BLUE-GREEN 1970-91; CYANOBACTERIA was see ALGAE, BLUE-GREEN 1978-91; CYANOPHYTA was see ALGAE, BLUE-GREEN 1970-91

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D000458

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