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cyanophyte, n. Bot.|ˈsaɪənəʊfaɪt| [f. cyano- + -phyte.] A member of the division Cyanophyta, which comprises the blue-green algae and is coextensive with the class Cyanophyceae; = *cyanobacterium n.
1952Physiol. Rev. XXXII. 415 Cyanophyte (blue green algae) endosymbionts have repeatedly been interpreted as intracellular organelles. 1979D. Attenborough Life on Earth (1981) i. 22 The organisms that did this used to be called blue-green algae because they appeared to be close relatives of the green algae that are common in ponds, but now that their very primitive character is recognised, they are referred to as cyanophytes or simply, blue-greens. 1984A. C. & A. Duxbury Introd. World's Oceans xiv. 432 Kingdom Monera: includes bacteria and cyanophytes. Hence cyanoˈphytic a.
1952Physiol. Rev. XXXII. 415 The cyanelle (Pascher's term for a cyanophytic endosymbiont). 1972Science 27 Oct. 405/1 The evidence previously used to indicate a cyanophytic origin for these stromatolites. |