Cyanobacteria

Of eubacteria and class Cyanobacteria.   May also be referred to as blue-green algae.

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

This concept's ID is @1~6804

Contains

  • nostoc 0 facts

    Found in moist places as rounded jellylike colonies.

  • trichodesmium 0 facts

    Large colonial bacterium common in tropical open-ocean waters; important in carbon...