cyanobacteria
English Thesaurus
1. predominantly photosynthetic prokaryotic organisms containing a blue pigment in addition to chlorophyll; occur singly or in colonies in diverse habitats; important as phytoplankton (noun.animal)
hyponym | : | nostoc, |
definition | : | found in moist places as rounded jellylike colonies (noun.animal) |
hyponym | : | trichodesmium, |
definition | : | large colonial bacterium common in tropical open-ocean waters; important in carbon and nitrogen fixation (noun.animal) |
derivation | : | cyanobacterial, cyanophyte, |
definition | : | relating to or caused by photosynthetic bacteria of the class Cyanobacteria (adj.pert) |
derivation | : | cyanobacterial, cyanophyte, |
definition | : | relating to or caused by photosynthetic bacteria of the class Cyanobacteria (adj.pert) |
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