cyanobacteria
Microbiology. a widely distributed group of photosynthetic bacteria, occurring singly or in colonies in terrestrial and aquatic habitats: often mistakenly referred to as algae, especially when called by their most common misnomer, blue-green algae .
Origin of cyanobacteria
1- Also called cyanophytes .
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Other definitions for Cyanobacteria (2 of 2)
Origin of Cyanobacteria
2- Also called Cyanophyta .
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How to use cyanobacteria in a sentence
For the past decade, he has used the phototropic properties of cyanobacteria to produce images in Petri dishes.
British Dictionary definitions for cyanobacteria
/ (ˌsaɪənəʊbækˈtɪərɪə) /
a group of photosynthetic bacteria (phylum Cyanobacteria) containing a blue photosynthetic pigment: Former name: blue-green algae
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