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Definition of Class cyanophyceae
1. Noun. Photosynthetic bacteria found in fresh and salt water, having chlorophyll a and phycobilins; once thought to be algae: blue-green algae.
Exact synonyms: Class Cyanobacteria, Cyanophyceae
Group relationships: Cyanophyta, Division Cyanophyta
Member holonyms: Blue-green Algae, Cyanobacteria, Family Nostocaceae, Nostocaceae, Family Oscillatoriaceae, Oscillatoriaceae
Generic synonyms: Class
Group relationships: Cyanophyta, Division Cyanophyta
Member holonyms: Blue-green Algae, Cyanobacteria, Family Nostocaceae, Nostocaceae, Family Oscillatoriaceae, Oscillatoriaceae
Generic synonyms: Class
Literary usage of Class cyanophyceae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Preliminary Geological Map of Connecticut by Herbert Ernest Gregory, Henry Hollister Robinson (1908)
"The class Cyanophyceae is unquestionably the lowest class of the Algae, many of
the species resembling the Bacteria. Their most conspicuous characteristic ..."
2. Bulletin (1906)
"The class Cyanophyceae is unquestionably the lowest class of the Algae, many of
the species resembling the Bacteria. Their most conspicuous characteristic ..."
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