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    Cyanobacteria (/saɪˌænoʊbækˈtɪəri.ə/), also called Cyanobacteriota or Cyanophyta, are a phylum of autotrophic gram-negative bacteria that can obtain biological...
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    Cyanotoxins are toxins produced by cyanobacteria (also known as blue-green algae). Cyanobacteria are found almost everywhere, but particularly in lakes...
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    by which photosynthetic organisms, such as most plants, algae, and cyanobacteria, convert light energy, typically from sunlight, into the chemical energy...
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  • Cyanobacterium is a genus belonging to the phylum Cyanobacteria. Komárek J, Kaštovský J, Mareš J, Johansen JR (2014). "Taxonomic classification of cyanoprokaryotes...
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    Rivularia is a genus of cyanobacteria of the family Rivulariaceae. Rivularia is found growing on submerged stones, moist rocks, and damp soils near the...
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    supplies at the end of the GOE. The GOE is inferred to have been caused by cyanobacteria, which evolved chlorophyll-based photosynthesis that releases dioxygen...
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    Cyanobacterial morphology refers to the form or shape of cyanobacteria. Cyanobacteria are a large and diverse phylum of bacteria defined by their unique...
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  • Homoeothrix is a genus of cyanobacteria. "Homoeothrix (Thuret ex Bornet & Flahault) Kirchner, 1898, nom. Cons. :: Algaebase". "Homoeothrix | CyanoDB.cz...
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    gloeocapsa genus of cyanobacteria, an ancient line of photosynthesizing bacteria, which photolyze water generating oxygen gas. Ancient cyanobacteria were ancestral...
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  • bacteriological code. However, cyanobacteria were still covered by the botanical code. Starting in 1999, cyanobacteria were covered by both the botanical...
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    ancestor, and although their plastids seem to have a single origin, from cyanobacteria, they were acquired in different ways. Green algae are examples of algae...
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    beneficial symbiotic relationship of green algae and/or blue-green algae (cyanobacteria) living among filaments of a fungus, forming lichen. Living as a symbiont...
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    Spirulina is a genus of cyanobacteria. It is not classed as algae, despite the common name of cyanobacteria being blue-green algae. Spirulina is commonly...
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    (/ˈlaɪkən/ LY-kən, UK also /ˈlɪtʃən/ LITCH-ən) is a symbiosis of algae or cyanobacteria living among filaments of multiple fungi species, along with a yeast...
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    energy from sunlight, using chloroplasts derived from endosymbiosis with cyanobacteria to produce sugars from carbon dioxide and water, using the green pigment...
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    responsible for the abundant green seen in nature. Like plants, the cyanobacteria use water as an electron donor for photosynthesis and therefore liberate...
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    freshwater species of cyanobacteria of the genus Aphanizomenon found around the world, including the Baltic Sea and the Great Lakes. Cyanobacteria were the first...
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    eukaryotic organisms. They are considered to be intracellular endosymbiotic cyanobacteria. Examples of plastids include chloroplasts (used for photosynthesis);...
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    photosynthesis, and examples of such organisms include plants, algae and cyanobacteria. Eukaryotic photoautotrophs absorb photonic energy through the photopigment...
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    from endosymbionts, in this case cyanobacteria. They usually take the form of chloroplasts which, like cyanobacteria, contain chlorophyll and produce...
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  • thalassa, also referred to as UCYN-A, is a nitrogen-fixing species of cyanobacteria commonly found in measurable quantities throughout the world's oceans...
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    the ecosystem due to their relationship with nitrogen-fixing cyanobacteria. Cyanobacteria colonize moss and receive shelter in return for providing fixed...
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    Biological soil crusts are most often composed of fungi, lichens, cyanobacteria, bryophytes, and algae in varying proportions. These organisms live...
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    same transmembrane structures are also found in cyanobacteria. Unlike plants and algae, cyanobacteria are prokaryotes. They do not contain chloroplasts;...
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    driven Langmuir circulation and their biological effects. HABs from cyanobacteria (blue-green algae) can appear as a foam, scum, or mat on or just below...
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    Spirulina (dietary supplement) (category Cyanobacteria)
    Spirulina is a biomass of cyanobacteria (blue-green algae) that can be consumed by humans and animals. The three species are Arthrospira platensis, A...
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    Pseudomonadota, Aquificota, Chlamydiota, Bacteroidota, Chlorobiota, "Cyanobacteria", Fibrobacterota, Verrucomicrobiota, Planctomycetota, Spirochaetota...
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    derives from saxitoxin produced by cyanobacteria. The biosynthesis of saxitoxin is well-defined in cyanobacteria, while within dinoflagellates it remains...
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    Nostoc (category Cyanobacteria genera)
    as witches' butter), and witch's jelly, is the most common genus of cyanobacteria found in a variety of both aquatic and terrestrial environments that...
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    Stromatolite (category Cyanobacteria)
    (microbialite) that are created mainly by photosynthetic microorganisms such as cyanobacteria, sulfate-reducing bacteria, and Pseudomonadota (formerly proteobacteria)...
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