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Definition of Blue-green algae
1. Noun. Predominantly photosynthetic prokaryotic organisms containing a blue pigment in addition to chlorophyll; occur singly or in colonies in diverse habitats; important as phytoplankton.
Generic synonyms: Eubacteria, Eubacterium, True Bacteria
Group relationships: Class Cyanobacteria, Class Cyanophyceae, Cyanophyceae
Specialized synonyms: Nostoc, Trichodesmium
Derivative terms: Cyanobacterial
Definition of Blue-green algae
1. Noun. (plural of blue-green alga) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Blue-green algae
1. The former name for the blue-green bacteria, now classified as Cyanobacteria. A group of prokaryotes. Synonym: Cyanobacteria. (05 May 2002)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Blue-green Algae
Literary usage of Blue-green algae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"These are the blue-green algae, which, in addition to chlorophyll a, ... Outside of
the cells of the blue-green algae, phycobilins occur in the red algae ..."
2. Fresh-water Biology by Henry Baldwin Ward, George Chandler Whipple (1918)
"CHAPTER V blue-green algae (CYANOPHYCEAE) BY EDGAR W. OLIVE Curator of Ike Brooklyn
Botanic Garden THE blue-green algae are found principally in fresh ..."
3. Botany by Wilfred William Robbins, John Nathan Martin (1919)
"blue-green algae. Cyanophyceae The blue-green algae are the simplest forms of
... There are about 1200 species of blue-green algae, and they are widely ..."
4. Botany, with Agricultural Applications by John Nathan Martin (1920)
"blue-green algae. Cyanophyceae The blue-green algae are the simplest forms" of
... There are about 1200 species of blue-green algae, and they are widely ..."
5. Bulletin (1922)
"In this respect the latter compares very favorably with about half of the samples
of blue-green algae, but it is much smaller than the percentages in ..."
6. A Treatise on the British Freshwater Algae by George Stephen West (1904)
"The blue-green algae possess chlorophyll and phycocyanin disposed within the
cells in the ... In this volume the blue-green algae are placed in the class ..."
7. Minnesota Plant Life by Conway MacMillan (1899)
"Slime-Moulds and blue-green algae. Number of plants in the world. In the whole
world there are now living about 300000 different kinds of plants, ..."
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