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Definition of Cyanobacteria
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 Cyanobacteria
1. Noun. (plural of cyanobacterium) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cyanobacteria
1. cyanobacterium [n] - See also: cyanobacterium
Medical Definition of Cyanobacteria
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Cyanobacteria
Literary usage of Cyanobacteria
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Wild Land Shrub and Arid Land Restoration Symposium: Proceedings edited by Bruce A. Roundy, E. Durant McArthur, Jennifer S. Hayley, David K. Mann (1996)
"FC/H: Straw mixed in with fall cyanobacteria 8. S/M: Sugar, mulch 9. ... FC =
Fall applied cyanobacteria; SC = Spring applied cyanobacteria; F = Fertilizer; ..."
2. 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)
"Cyanobacteria supply the consortium with reduced organic carbon and nitrogen via
photosynthesis and N2 fixation, and the heterotrophic bacteria recycle ..."
3. Biotechnology: Building on Farmers' Knowledge by Joske F. G. Bunders, Bertus Haverkort, Wim Hiemstra (1996)
"Cyanobacteria require a high level of soil moisture, even flooding, if they are
to flourish. In terrestrial systems there is little evidence of ..."
4. Biotechnology of Algae: A Bibliography by Virginia Stone (1994)
"For organellar genomes, chloroplastic and mitochondrial proteins are encoded
mainly with codons ending in A or U. In most cyanobacteria and the nuclei of ..."
5. Biotechnology: Ti-Plasmids and Other Plan Vectors: Bibliography January 1993 by Raymond Dobert (1996)
"Current microbiology v. 27 (6): p. 323-327; 1993 Dec. Includes references.
Language: English Descriptors: Cyanobacteria; Dna; Plasmids; Replication; ..."
6. Bioremediation: The Tokyo '94 Workshop by Tokyo '94 Workshop (1994), OECD Staff, Yoshitaka Ando, OECD, Salomon Wald (1995)
"These filamentous cyanobacteria have two distinct types of cells, vegetative
cells and ... Similar results were obtained with a thermophilic cyanobacteria, ..."