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nounpredominantly photosynthetic prokaryotic organisms containing a blue pigment in addition to chlorophyll; occur singly or in colonies in diverse habitats; important as phytoplankton
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- phycobilin water-soluble proteinaceous pigments found in red algae and cyanobacteria
- cyanophyta prokaryotic organisms sometimes considered a class or phylum or subkingdom; coextensive with the Cyanophyceae: cyanobacteria (blue-green algae)
- cyanophyte relating to or caused by photosynthetic bacteria of the class Cyanobacteria
- division cyanophyta prokaryotic organisms sometimes considered a class or phylum or subkingdom; coextensive with the Cyanophyceae: cyanobacteria (blue-green algae)
- cyanobacterial relating to or caused by photosynthetic bacteria of the class Cyanobacteria