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Abstract
A phylum of oxygenic photosynthetic bacteria comprised of unicellular to multicellular bacteria possessing CHLOROPHYLL a and carrying out oxygenic PHOTOSYNTHESIS. Cyanobacteria are the only known organisms capable of fixing both CARBON DIOXIDE (in the presence of light) and NITROGEN. Cell morphology can include nitrogen-fixing heterocysts and/or resting cells called akinetes. Formerly called blue-green algae, cyanobacteria were traditionally treated as ALGAE.
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9 entry terms
- Algae, Blue Green
- Algae, Blue-Green
- Bacteria, Blue Green
- Bacteria, Blue-Green
- Blue Green Algae
- Blue Green Bacteria
- Blue-Green Algae
- Blue-Green Bacteria
- Cyanophyceae
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15 allowable subheadings
Indexed with the subheadings chemistry, classification, cytology, drug effects, enzymology, genetics, growth & development, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pathogenicity, physiology, radiation effects, ultrastructure, virology.
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general or unspecified; prefer specifics; do not confuse entry term CYANOPHYCEAE with CYANOPHORA
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History Note
92; was ALGAE, BLUE-GREEN 1970-91; CYANOBACTERIA was see ALGAE, BLUE-GREEN 1978-91; CYANOPHYTA was see ALGAE, BLUE-GREEN 1970-91
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- Algae (1966-1969)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Cyanobacteria. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000458. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000458
- Cyanobacteria. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q93315