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cyanobacterium

cyanobacterium noun: any of very many photosynthetic prokaryotic microorganisms, of phylum Cyanobacteria.

Noun

cyanobacterium (plural cyanobacteria)

  1. 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
    • Photosynthesis was established some billion years ago by ancient bacterial precursors of modern cyanobacteria.2011, Terence Allen, Graham Cowling, The Cell: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford, page 91

cyanobacterium meaning in Thai and Vietnamese

cyanobacterium in Thai

prokaryotic microorganism of phylum Cyanobacteria
สาหร่ายสีเขียวแกมน้ำเงิน sǎa-ràai-sǐi-kǐao-gɛɛm-nám-ngən

cyanobacterium in Vietnamese

prokaryotic microorganism of phylum Cyanobacteria
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Synonyms of cyanobacterium

Forms of cyanobacterium

pluralcyanobacteria

Plural of cyanobacterium: cyanobacteria

Origin of cyanobacterium

From cyano- + bacterium.

Words formed from cyanobacterium

Words that rhyme with cyanobacterium

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Questions about cyanobacterium

What does cyanobacterium mean?
Cyanobacterium means any of very many photosynthetic prokaryotic microorganisms, of phylum Cyanobacteria.
What is cyanobacterium in Thai?
Cyanobacterium in Thai is สาหร่ายสีเขียวแกมน้ำเงิน (sǎa-ràai-sǐi-kǐao-gɛɛm-nám-ngən). See Cyanobacterium meaning in Thai.
What part of speech is cyanobacterium?
Cyanobacterium is a noun.
What is the plural of cyanobacterium?
The plural of cyanobacterium is cyanobacteria.

Words near cyanobacterium in the dictionary

  1. cyanobacteriolytic
  2. cyanobacteriophage
  3. cyanobacteriophages
  4. cyanobacteriosponge
  5. cyanobacteriosponges
  6. cyanobacterium
  7. cyanobactin
  8. cyanobactins
  9. cyanobenzaldehyde
  10. cyanobenzaldehydes
  11. cyanobenzoate

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