cyanobacteria
cyanobacteria is the plural of cyanobacterium.
Meaning of cyanobacterium
Noun
cyanobacterium (plural cyanobacteria)
- Any of very many photosynthetic prokaryotic microorganisms, of phylum Cyanobacteria.
- At some point in the first billion years of life, cyanobacteria, or blue-green algae, learned to tap into a freely available resource – the hydrogen that exists in spectacular abundance in water.2003, Bill Bryson, A Short History of Nearly Everything, BCA, published 2003, page 262
- Synonyms:
- blue-green alga, blue-green bacterium
Words formed from cyanobacteria
Words that rhyme with cyanobacteria
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Questions about cyanobacteria
- What is cyanobacteria the plural of?
- Cyanobacteria is the plural of cyanobacterium.
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