cyanobacterium
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cyanobacterium
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noun cyanobacteria
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Any of very many photosynthetic prokaryotic microorganisms, of phylum Cyanobacteria.
At some point in the first billion years of life, cyanobacteria, or blue-green algae, learned to tap into a freely available resource – the hydrogen that exists in spectacular abundance in water.
Similar: blue-green alga, blue-green bacterium
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noun prokaryotic microorganism of phylum Cyanobacteria
| Español | cianobacteria |
|---|---|
| Português | cianobactéria |
| Français | cyanobactérie |
| Deutsch | Cyanobacterium |
| Italiano | cianobatterio, cianoficea |
| Ελληνικά | κυανοβακτήριο kyanovaktírio |
| Русский | цианобактерия tsianobakteriya |
| Tiếng Việt | vi khuẩn lam |
Talk about this word "cyanobacterium." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/cyanobacterium. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. cyanobacterium. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/cyanobacterium "cyanobacterium." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/cyanobacterium.Cite this
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title = {cyanobacterium},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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