Cyanobacteria
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.
Year introduced: 1992
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Tree Number(s): B03.280, B03.440.475.100
MeSH Unique ID: D000458
Registry Number: txid1117
Entry Terms:
- Algae, Blue Green
- Blue Green Algae
- Blue-Green Algae
- Algae, Blue-Green
- Cyanophyceae
- Bacteria, Blue Green
- Bacteria, Blue-Green
- Blue Green Bacteria
- Blue-Green Bacteria
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