Cyanobacteria
Cyanophyceae
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 (kyanós) = 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.
10 branches of this class, most-observed first
Nostocophycidae
subclassNostocophycidae
Oscillatoriophycidae
subclassOscillatoriophycidae
Synechococcophycidae
subclassSynechococcophycidae
Conophyton
genusConophyton
Clonothrix
genusClonothrix
Gloeobacterophycidae
subclassGloeobacterophycidae
Broutinella
genusBroutinella
Symphyosiphon
genusSymphyosiphon
Thermostichales
orderThermostichales
Pseudanabaenales
orderPseudanabaenales
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 196963.