Definition of "cyanobacteria" [cyanobacteria]

• Plural form of cyanobacterium. (noun)

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• "Even if you don’t go for global warming, what about the increased CO2 that has caused huge algal blooms (which contain cyanobacteria – exposure to high levels of cyanobacteria can cause ALS as proven during the Gulf War) the size of Texas in our oceans?"
• "Studies of their microbial descendants, known as cyanobacteria, suggest that these peculiar rocks slowly formed when mats of micro-organisms trapped sediments and precipitated carbonates."
• "After examination we recognized this was a blue-green bacterium, also known as cyanobacteria, which are abundant in habitats that are severely stressed or have too many nutrients."