cyanobacteria

Noun

Meaning

predominantly photosynthetic prokaryotic organisms containing a blue pigment in addition to chlorophyll; occur singly or in colonies in diverse habitats; important as phytoplankton

Synonyms

Hypernyms

Hyponyms

Examples

As a result, the chloroplast genome is heavily reduced compared to that of free-living cyanobacteria. Source: Internet

Bacteria Like plants, the cyanobacteria use water as an electron donor for photosynthesis and therefore liberate oxygen ; they also use chlorophyll as a pigment. Source: Internet

Biological nitrogen fixation in free-living cyanobacteria and in the root nodules of plants also produces ammonia from molecular nitrogen. Source: Internet

A phytoplankton community dominated by green algae or cyanobacteria (blue-green algae) tint the water south of the causeway a greenish color. Source: Internet

Chloroplasts are thought to be descended from cyanobacteria that formed endosymbiotic relationships with ancient plant and algal ancestors. Source: Internet

Comparisons with their closest free living cyanobacteria of the genus Synechococcus (having a genome size 3 Mb, with 3300 genes) revealed that chromatophores underwent a drastic genome shrinkage. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms