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{{Taxobox| color = lightgrey| name = Cyanobacteria| image = Anabaena sperica.jpeg| image_width = 200px| image_caption =
Anabaena (
Nostocales)]| divisio =
Cyanobacteria| subdivision_ranks = Orders| subdivision =
The taxonomy is currently under revision.-->
Cyanobacteria (Greek language:
κυανόs (kyanós) = blue + bacterium) also known as
Cyanophyta is a phylum (biology) (or "division") of
Bacteria that obtain their energy through photosynthesis. They are often referred to as
blue-green algae, although they are in fact prokaryotes, not
algae. The description is primarily used to reflect their appearance and ecology role rather than their evolutionary lineage. The name "cyanobacteria" comes from the colour of the bacteria, cyan; the bacteria do not use or produce
cyanide whose chemical prefix is cyano-.
Putative
fossil traces of cyanobacteria have been found from around 3.8 billion years ago (bya).
See: Stromatolite. They are a significant component of the marine nitrogen cycle and an important
autotroph in many areas of the ocean. Their ability to perform oxygenic (plant-like) photosynthesis is thought to have converted the early
redox atmosphere into an oxidizing one, which dramatically changed the life forms on Earth and provoked an explosion of
biodiversity.
See: Oxygen Catastrophe.
Forms
Cyanobacteria are found in almost every conceivable habitat, from oceans to fresh water to bare rock to soil. Most are found in fresh water, while others are marine, occur in damp soil, or even temporarily moistened rocks in
deserts. A few are
endosymbionts in
lichens, plants, various protists, or sea sponges and provide energy for the Host (biology). Some live in the fur of
sloths, providing a form of camouflage.
Cyanobacteria include unicellular and colony (biology) species. Colonies may form
filamentation, sheets or even hollow balls. Some filamentous colonies show the ability to differentiate into several different cell (biology) types: vegetative cells, the normal, photosynthetic cells that are formed under favorable growing conditions; akinetes, the climate-resistant spores that may form when environmental conditions become harsh; and thick-walled heterocysts, which contain the enzyme nitrogenase, vital for
nitrogen fixation. Heterocysts may also form under the appropriate environmental conditions (anoxic) wherever nitrogen is necessary. Heterocyst-forming species are specialized for nitrogen fixation and are able to fix nitrogen gas, which cannot be used by plants, into
ammonia (),
nitrites () or nitrates (), which can be absorbed by plants and converted to protein and nucleic acids. The
rice paddies of
Asia, which produce about 75% of the world's rice, could not do so were it not for healthy populations of nitrogen-fixing cyanobacteria in the rice paddy fertilizer.
Many cyanobacteria also form motile filaments, called hormogonium, that travel away from the main biomass to bud and form new colonies elsewhere. The cells in a hormogonium are often thinner than in the vegetative state, and the cells on either end of the motile chain may be tapered. In order to break away from the parent colony, a hormogonium often must tear apart a weaker cell in a filament, called a necridium.
Each individual cell of a cyanobacterium typically has a thick, gelatinous
cell wall. They differ from other
gram-negative bacteria in that the
quorum sensing molecules autoinducer-2 It continues to be an important model organism. The smallest genomes have been found in
Prochlorococcus spp. (1.7 Mb). Those of
Calothrix spp. are estimated at 12-15 Mb,
{{Taxobox| color = lightgrey| name = Cyanobacteria| image = Anabaena sperica.jpeg| image_width = 200px| image_caption =
Anabaena (Nostocales)]| divisio =
Cyanobacteria| subdivision_ranks = Orders| subdivision =
The taxonomy is currently under revision.-->
Cyanobacteria (Greek language:
κυανόs (kyanós) = blue + bacterium) also known as
Cyanophyta is a phylum (biology) (or "division") of Bacteria that obtain their energy through
photosynthesis. They are often referred to as
blue-green algae, although they are in fact prokaryotes, not
algae. The description is primarily used to reflect their appearance and
ecology role rather than their
evolutionary lineage. The name "cyanobacteria" comes from the colour of the bacteria, cyan; the bacteria do not use or produce cyanide whose chemical prefix is cyano-.
Putative fossil traces of cyanobacteria have been found from around 3.8 billion years ago (bya).
See: Stromatolite. They are a significant component of the marine nitrogen cycle and an important
autotroph in many areas of the ocean. Their ability to perform oxygenic (plant-like) photosynthesis is thought to have converted the early redox atmosphere into an oxidizing one, which dramatically changed the life forms on Earth and provoked an explosion of
biodiversity.
See: Oxygen Catastrophe.
Forms
Cyanobacteria are found in almost every conceivable habitat, from oceans to fresh water to bare rock to soil. Most are found in fresh water, while others are marine, occur in damp soil, or even temporarily moistened rocks in
deserts. A few are endosymbionts in
lichens, plants, various protists, or
sea sponges and provide energy for the Host (biology). Some live in the fur of sloths, providing a form of
camouflage.
Cyanobacteria include unicellular and
colony (biology) species. Colonies may form
filamentation, sheets or even hollow balls. Some filamentous colonies show the ability to differentiate into several different
cell (biology) types: vegetative cells, the normal, photosynthetic cells that are formed under favorable growing conditions; akinetes, the climate-resistant spores that may form when environmental conditions become harsh; and thick-walled
heterocysts, which contain the enzyme nitrogenase, vital for
nitrogen fixation. Heterocysts may also form under the appropriate environmental conditions (anoxic) wherever nitrogen is necessary. Heterocyst-forming species are specialized for nitrogen fixation and are able to fix nitrogen gas, which cannot be used by plants, into
ammonia (),
nitrites () or
nitrates (), which can be absorbed by plants and converted to protein and nucleic acids. The rice paddies of
Asia, which produce about 75% of the world's rice, could not do so were it not for healthy populations of nitrogen-fixing cyanobacteria in the rice paddy fertilizer.
Many cyanobacteria also form motile filaments, called hormogonium, that travel away from the main biomass to bud and form new colonies elsewhere. The cells in a hormogonium are often thinner than in the vegetative state, and the cells on either end of the motile chain may be tapered. In order to break away from the parent colony, a hormogonium often must tear apart a weaker cell in a filament, called a necridium.
Each individual cell of a cyanobacterium typically has a thick, gelatinous
cell wall. They differ from other gram-negative bacteria in that the quorum sensing molecules autoinducer-2 It continues to be an important model organism. The smallest genomes have been found in
Prochlorococcus spp. (1.7 Mb). Those of
Calothrix spp. are estimated at 12-15 Mb,
Cyanobacteria - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cyanobacteria, also known as blue-green algae, blue-green bacteria or Cyanophyta, is a phylum of bacteria that obtain their energy through photosynthesis.
Introduction to the Cyanobacteria
Introduction to the Cyanobacteria. Architects of earth's atmosphere. Cyanobacteria are aquatic and photosynthetic, that is, they live in the water, and can manufacture their own ...
Definition: Cyanobacteria from Online Medical Dictionary
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Fossil Record of the Cyanobacteria
Cyanobacteria: Fossil Record. The cyanobacteria have an extensive fossil record. The oldest known fossils, in fact, are cyanobacteria from Archaean rocks of western Australia ...
AskOxford: cyanobacteria
cyanobacteria /si nobak teer i / • plural noun micro-organisms of a group comprising the blue-green algae, related to bacteria but capable of photosynthesis.
Cyanobacteria
The Microbial World: Cyanobacteria. Produced by Jim Deacon Institute of Cell and Molecular Biology, The University of Edinburgh
Cyanobacteria
References. Anagnostidis, K. and J. Komárek. 1988. Modern approach to the classification system of cyanophytes. 3—Oscillatoriales. Arch. Hydrobiol. (Suppl 80) Algol.
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KINGDOM MONERA: The Cyanobacteria. The autotrophic (auto = "self" tropho = "nourishment", Greek) cyanobacteria were once classified as "blue green algae" because of their ...
Blue-Green Algae (Cyanobacteria) in Inland Waters Assessment and ...
Blue-Green Algae (Cyanobacteria) in Inland Waters Assessment and Control of Risks to Public Health
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