Phylum

Cyanobacteria (Cyanobacteria)

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Cyanobacteria /saɪˌænoʊbækˈtɪəriə/, also known as Cyanophyta, is a phylum of bacteria that obtain their energy through photosynthesis, and are the only photosynthetic prokaryotes able to produce oxygen. The name “cyanobacteria” comes from the color of the bacteria (Greek: κυανός, translit. kyanós, lit. ’blue’). Cyanobacteria (which are prokaryotes) used to be called “blue-green algae”. They have been renamed ‘cyanobacteria’ in order to avoid the term “algae”, which in modern usage is restricted to eukaryotes.

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Subtaxa

Class: Cyanophyceae (Blue-green algae)

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