prochlorophyta
(noun)
a photosynthetic prokaryote member of the phytoplankton group Picoplankton
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Prochlorophytes
- Prochlorophyta are a photosynthetic prokaryote member of the phytoplankton group Picoplankton.
- Prochlorophyta were initially discovered in 1975 near the Great Barrier Reef and off the coast of Mexico.
- In addition to Prochlorophyta, other phytoplankton that lack Phycobilin pigments were later found in freshwater lakes in the Netherlands, by Tineke Burger-Wiersma.
- Members of Prochlorophyta have been found as coccoid (spherical) shapes, like Prochlorococcus, and as filaments, like Prochlorothrix.