cyanobacteria

(noun)

Cyanobacteria, also known as blue-green bacteria, blue-green algae, and Cyanophyta, is a phylum of bacteria that obtain their energy through photosynthesis.

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Examples of cyanobacteria in the following topics:

  • Cyanobacteria

    • Cyanobacteria can be found in almost every terrestrial and aquatic habitat .
    • Cyanobacteria include unicellular and colonial species.
    • In water columns some cyanobacteria float by forming gas vesicles, like in archaea.
    • Some cyanobacteria produce toxins, called cyanotoxins.
    • Cyanobacteria cultured in specific media.

  • Oxygenic Photosynthesis

    • In plants, algae and cyanobacteria, photosynthesis releases oxygen .
    • Although there are some differences between oxygenic photosynthesis in plants, algae, and cyanobacteria, the overall process is quite similar in these organisms.
    • In plants, algae and cyanobacteria, photosynthesis releases oxygen.
    • Although there are some differences between oxygenic photosynthesis in plants, algae, and cyanobacteria, the overall process is quite similar in these organisms.

  • Edible Algae

    • They inherited their photosynthetic apparatus from cyanobacteria.
    • Cyanobacteria are sometimes called blue-green algae but they are prokaryotic organisms and are not true algae.
    • Cultivated microalgae and cyanobacteria such as Spirulina and Chlorella are sold as nutritional supplements.

  • Carboxysomes

    • Carboxysomes are intracellular structures found in many autotrophic bacteria, including Cyanobacteria, Knallgasbacteria, Nitroso- and Nitrobacteria.
    • These organelles are found in all cyanobacteria and many chemotrophic bacteria that fix carbon dioxide.
    • In the early 1960s, similar polyhedral objects were observed in other cyanobacteria.

  • Prochlorophytes

    • These organisms lack red and blue Phycobilin pigments and have staked thylakoids, both of which make them different from Cyanophyta (Cyanobacteria).
    • They morphologically resemble Cyanobacteria, formally known as Blue Green Algae.

  • The Energetics of Chemolithotrophy

    • An example of this is chemolithotrophic bacteria in deep sea worms or plastids, which are organelles within plant cells that may have evolved from photolithotrophic cyanobacteria-like organisms.
    • An example of this is chemolithotrophic bacteria in deep sea worms or plastids, which are organelles within plant cells that may have evolved from photolithotrophic cyanobacteria-like organisms .

  • Role of Microbes in Biogeochemical Cycling

    • Photosynthesis depends on the activity of microorganisms such as cyanobacteria; indeed, the fact that there is oxygen in the Earth's atmosphere at all is a consequence of the photosynthetic activity of ancient microbes .
    • Cyanobacteria, also known as blue-green bacteria, blue-green algae, and Cyanophyta, is a phylum of bacteria that obtain their energy through photosynthesis

  • Anoxygenic Photosynthetic Bacteria

    • The green sulfur bacterias' small dependence on organic molecule transporters and transcription factors indicates that these organisms are adapted to a narrow range of energy-limited conditions, and fit into an ecology shared with the simpler cyanobacteria,
    • Unlike plants, algae, and cyanobacteria, they do not use water as their reducing agent, and so do not produce oxygen.
    • They are related to chlorophylls, which are the primary pigments in plants, algae, and cyanobacteria.

  • The Iron Cycle

    • The Marine Iron Cycle: The oceanic iron cycle is similar to the terrestrial iron cycle, except that the primary producers that absorb iron are typically phytoplankton or cyanobacteria.

  • Cytophaga and Relatives

    • Gliding can also be found in bacteria that are categorized as cyanobacteria and myxobacteria.