blue-green algae
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blue-green algae
pl n
(Microbiology) the former name for cyanobacteria
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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]
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Noun | 1. | ![]() eubacteria, eubacterium, true bacteria - a large group of bacteria having rigid cell walls; motile types have flagella class Cyanobacteria, class Cyanophyceae, Cyanophyceae - photosynthetic bacteria found in fresh and salt water, having chlorophyll a and phycobilins; once thought to be algae: blue-green algae nostoc - found in moist places as rounded jellylike colonies trichodesmium - large colonial bacterium common in tropical open-ocean waters; important in carbon and nitrogen fixation |
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