Definition of Cyanobacterium

1. Noun. (biology) Any of very many photosynthetic prokaryotic microorganisms, of phylum ''Cyanobacteria'', once known as blue-green algae. ¹

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Definition of Cyanobacterium

1. [n -RIA]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cyanobacterium

cyano
cyano-
cyano group
cyano radical
cyanoacetate
cyanoacetates
cyanoacetic
cyanoacetic acid
cyanoacetyl
cyanoacetyls
cyanoacrylate
cyanoacrylates
cyanoalkyl
cyanobacteria
cyanobacterial
cyanobacterium (current term)
cyanobacterium-like bodies
cyanobactin
cyanobactins
cyanobenzaldehyde
cyanobiphenyl
cyanobiphenyls
cyanoborohydride
cyanocarbon
cyanocarbon acid
cyanocarbons
cyanocarboxylate
cyanochroic
cyanochroite
cyanochromone

Literary usage of Cyanobacterium

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Biotechnology of Algae: A Bibliography by Virginia Stone (1994)
"Results demonstrate a potential use of a cyanobacterium for biological control of mosquitoes. Anaerobic Digestion of Seaweed for Biogas a Kinetic Evaluation ..."

2. Biotechnology: Ti-Plasmids and Other Plan Vectors: Bibliography January 1993 by Raymond Dobert (1996)
"23 NAL Call No: 442.8 AR26 Characterization of a restriction barrier and electrotransformation of the cyanobacterium Nos- toc PCC 7121. ..."

3. Organic Lies: Misconceptions of the United States Organic Act in America and ...by Mary Choate by Mary Choate (2007)
"(2002) found that at relatively high levels (50 parts per million (ppm)), 208 SLS inhibited the growth and nitrogen fixation of the cyanobacterium ..."

4. Preventing the Forward Contamination of Mars by National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Preventing the Forward Contamination of Mars, National Research Council (U.S.). Space Studies Board, National Research Council (U.S.). Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences (2006)
"... reduced after an 8-h period even when covered by a 0.5-mm contiguous dust layer. Experiments with the dessication-tolerant. endolithic cyanobacterium ..."

5. Ecology, Diversity and Sustainability of the Middle Rio Grande Basin edited by Deborah M. Finch, Joseph A. Tainter (1996)
"Soil microstructure in soils of the Colorado Plateau: the role of the cyanobacterium Microcoleus vaginatus. Great Basin Naturalist. 53: 40-47. ..."

6. Sensor Systems for Biological Agent Attacks: Protecting Buildings And by Bmed, National Research Council (U.S.), ebrary, Inc (2005)
"Whole cell microorganisms such as Chlorella vulgaris, a unicellular green alga, and Nostoc commune, a cyanobacterium, have been used to detect nerve agents. ..."

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