Cyanobacterium
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Cyanobacterium is a noun meaning (biology) Any of very many photosynthetic prokaryotic microorganisms, of phylum Cyanobacteria.
Meaning
(biology) Any of very many photosynthetic prokaryotic microorganisms, of phylum Cyanobacteria.
Example Sentences
Photosynthesis was established some billion years ago by ancient bacterial precursors of modern 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.
Word Forms
- cyanobacteria
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include unicellular, cyanobacteria, cyanophyte, cyanoprokaryote, cyanomorph, cyanidiophyte.
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