Usually means: Photosynthetic bacteria, oxygen-producing, aquatic.
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  1. cyanobacterium: Merriam-Webster
  2. cyanobacterium: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. cyanobacterium: Collins English Dictionary
  4. cyanobacterium: Wordnik
  5. cyanobacterium: Wiktionary
  6. cyanobacterium: Dictionary.com
  7. Cyanobacterium (genus), Cyanobacterium: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. cyanobacterium: FreeDictionary.org
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▸ noun:  (biology) Any of very many photosynthetic prokaryotic microorganisms, of phylum Cyanobacteria, once known as blue-green algae.

Similar:
cyanophyte, blue-green alga, cyanoprokaryote, cyanomorph, cyanidiophyte, prochlorophyte, cyanophil, photobacterium, anabaena, cyanosiphovirus, more...

Opposite:
non-cyanobacterium, heterotroph, anaerobe

Types:
spirulina, nostoc, anabaena, gloeocapsa, synechococcus, more...

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Similar:
cyanophyte, blue-green alga, cyanoprokaryote, cyanomorph, cyanidiophyte, prochlorophyte, cyanophil, photobacterium, anabaena, cyanosiphovirus, more...

Opposite:
non-cyanobacterium, heterotroph, anaerobe

Types:
spirulina, nostoc, anabaena, gloeocapsa, synechococcus, more...



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