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blue-green algae
blue-green algae pl n (Microbiology) the former name for cyanobacteria blue′-green` al′gae n.pl. any of various groups of prokaryotic microorganisms of the phylum Cyanophyta, containing chlorophyll and a blue pigment. Also called cyanobacteria. [1895–1900] ThesaurusNoun | 1. | blue-green algae - predominantly photosynthetic prokaryotic organisms containing a blue pigment in addition to chlorophyll; occur singly or in colonies in diverse habitats; important as phytoplanktoncyanobacteriaeubacteria, eubacterium, true bacteria - a large group of bacteria having rigid cell walls; motile types have flagellaclass Cyanobacteria, class Cyanophyceae, Cyanophyceae - photosynthetic bacteria found in fresh and salt water, having chlorophyll a and phycobilins; once thought to be algae: blue-green algaenostoc - found in moist places as rounded jellylike coloniestrichodesmium - large colonial bacterium common in tropical open-ocean waters; important in carbon and nitrogen fixation |
blue-green algae
blue-green algae, popular name for those microorganisms that are now more properly called cyanobacteriacyanobacteria or blue-green algae, photosynthetic bacteria that contain chlorophyll. For many years they were classified in the plant kingdom along with algae, but discoveries made possible by the electron microscope and new biochemical techniques have shown them to be ..... Click the link for more information. .blue-green algae[¦blü¦grēn ′al·jē] (microbiology) cyanobacteria blue-green algae
algae [al´je] a group of plants living in the water, including all seaweeds, and ranging in size from microscopic cells to fronds hundreds of feet long.blue-green algae former name for members of the group now called Cyanobacteria.blue-green al·gaeformer name for the blue-green bacteria, now classified as Cyanobacteria.blue-green algae the former name for CYANOBACTERIA.blue-green algae Related to blue-green algae: spirulina, cyanobacteriaSynonyms for blue-green algaenoun predominantly photosynthetic prokaryotic organisms containing a blue pigment in addition to chlorophyllSynonymsRelated Words- eubacteria
- eubacterium
- true bacteria
- class Cyanobacteria
- class Cyanophyceae
- Cyanophyceae
- nostoc
- trichodesmium
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