Translingual

Proper noun

Cyanobacteria

1. A taxonomic phylum within the kingdom Bacteria – (formerly within subkingdom Eubacteria) - the blue-green algae.
2. A taxonomic class within the phylum Cyanobacteria.

Synonyms

• (class): Cyanophyta - phylum

Hypernyms

• (class): Prokaryota - superkingdom; Bacteria - kingdom; Negibacteria - subkingdom

Hyponyms

• (class): Cyanophyceae, Gloeobacteria - classes

See also

• Chroobacteria
• Hormogoneae

References

• Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248. pmid:25923521

English

Noun

cyanobacteria

1. plural of cyanobacterium.
   • 2013 September-October, Katie L. Burke, “In the News”, in American Scientist:

     Oxygen levels on Earth skyrocketed 2.4 billion years ago, when cyanobacteria evolved photosynthesis: the ability to convert water and carbon dioxide into carbohydrates and waste oxygen using solar energy.