Cyanobacteria
See also: cyanobacteria
Translingual
Etymology
Pronunciation
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Proper noun
Cyanobacteria
- The only photosynthetic prokaryotes able to produce oxygen.
- A taxonomic phylum within the kingdom Bacteria – (formerly within subkingdom Eubacteria) blue-green algae.[1]
- A taxonomic class within the phylum Cyanobacteria.
Synonyms
- (class): Cyanophyta – phylum[1]
Hypernyms
- (class): Prokaryota – superkingdom; Bacteria – kingdom; Negibacteria – subkingdom[1]
Hyponyms
- (class): Cyanophyceae, Gloeobacteria – classes[1]
See also
References
- Cyanobacteria on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Cyanobacteria on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Cyanobacteria on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Cyanobacteria classification at List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature
- Cyanobacteria placement and circumscription (click icon for description) at AlgaeBase
- Cyanobacteria at the Tree of Life Web Project