Cyanobacteria

id: cyanobacteria-161-2000836
title: Cyanobacteria
text: Cyanobacteria, also called Cyanobacteriota or Cyanophyta, are a phylum of autotrophic gram-negative bacteria that can obtain biological energy via oxygenic photosynthesis. The name "cyanobacteria" refers to their bluish green (cyan) color, which forms the basis of cyanobacteria's informal common name, blue-green algae, although as prokaryotes they are not scientifically classified as algae. Cyanobacteria are probably the most numerous taxon to have ever existed on Earth and the first organisms k
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description: Phylum of photosynthesising prokaryotes
original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyanobacteria
date created: 2002-10-24T03:31:02Z
date modified: 2024-08-27T14:50:52Z
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