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  • Thumbnail for Photosynthesis
    by which photosynthetic organisms, such as most plants, algae, and cyanobacteria, convert light energy, typically from sunlight, into the chemical energy...
    109 KB (11,571 words) - 02:57, 24 May 2024
  • bacteriological code. However, cyanobacteria were still covered by the botanical code. Starting in 1999, cyanobacteria were covered by both the botanical...
    11 KB (1,296 words) - 17:21, 13 January 2024
  • Thumbnail for Cyanotoxin
    Cyanotoxins are toxins produced by cyanobacteria (also known as blue-green algae). Cyanobacteria are found almost everywhere, but particularly in lakes...
    47 KB (5,135 words) - 19:42, 5 January 2024
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    and was isolated in 1972. The toxin is produced by multiple genera of cyanobacteria and has been reported in North America, South America, Central America...
    42 KB (4,930 words) - 10:16, 22 April 2024
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    supplies at the end of the GOE. The GOE is inferred to have been caused by cyanobacteria that evolved porphyrin-based photosynthesis, which produces dioxygen...
    83 KB (9,354 words) - 18:44, 21 May 2024
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    eukaryotic organisms. They are considered to be intracellular endosymbiotic cyanobacteria. Examples of plastids include chloroplasts (used for photosynthesis);...
    29 KB (3,233 words) - 21:21, 22 May 2024
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    positive phyla (Actinomycetota and Bacillota) as well as the phyla "Cyanobacteria", Chloroflexota, and Deinococcota. It derives its name (terra = "land")...
    16 KB (1,262 words) - 09:01, 28 February 2024
  • Thumbnail for Archaeplastida
    algae are pigmented with chlorophyll a and phycobiliproteins, like most cyanobacteria, and accumulate starch outside the chloroplasts. The green algae and...
    41 KB (4,066 words) - 15:46, 15 April 2024
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    ancestor, and although their plastids seem to have a single origin, from cyanobacteria, they were acquired in different ways. Green algae are examples of algae...
    91 KB (10,509 words) - 15:43, 22 May 2024
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    (/ˈlaɪkən/ LY-kən, UK also /ˈlɪtʃən/ LITCH-ən) is a symbiosis of algae or cyanobacteria living among filaments of multiple fungi species, along with a yeast...
    130 KB (14,247 words) - 16:49, 11 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Evolution of bacteria
    ago, oxygen had appeared. This indicates that oceanic, photosynthetic cyanobacteria evolved during this period because they were the first microbes to produce...
    18 KB (1,664 words) - 17:55, 22 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for Paralytic shellfish poisoning
    derives from saxitoxin produced by cyanobacteria. The biosynthesis of saxitoxin is well-defined in cyanobacteria, while within dinoflagellates it remains...
    13 KB (1,417 words) - 22:38, 11 February 2024
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    expertise is the ecology, toxin production, and impacts of toxic freshwater cyanobacteria in lakes and rivers. Wood is active in advocating for the incorporation...
    48 KB (4,394 words) - 04:54, 20 April 2024
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    Anabaena (category Cyanobacteria genera)
    Anabaena is a genus of filamentous cyanobacteria that exist as plankton. They are known for nitrogen-fixing abilities, and they form symbiotic relationships...
    9 KB (779 words) - 22:04, 29 December 2023
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    the genome of cyanobacteria associated with O. magnificus found that it had a reduced genome when compared to free-living cyanobacteria. This indicates...
    29 KB (3,214 words) - 20:28, 17 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Marine primary production
    generated by a diverse collection of marine microorganisms called algae and cyanobacteria. Together these form the principal primary producers at the base of...
    82 KB (8,310 words) - 03:54, 18 May 2024
  • Girvanella (category Cyanobacteria genera)
    (2020). "Diversity and systematics of Middle-Late Ordovician calcified cyanobacteria and associated microfossils from Ordos Basin, North China". Journal...
    4 KB (362 words) - 05:41, 13 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Algal mat
    surface of water or rocks. They are typically composed of blue-green cyanobacteria and sediments. Formation occurs when alternating layers of blue-green...
    10 KB (1,312 words) - 03:54, 18 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Mascoma Lake
    Lake often has a spring cyanobacteria bloom. Recent studies suggest that significant exposure to high levels of cyanobacteria producing toxins such as...
    4 KB (415 words) - 13:49, 14 October 2022
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    Nostoc (category Cyanobacteria genera)
    as witches' butter), and witch's jelly, is the most common genus of cyanobacteria found in a variety of both aquatic and terrestrial environments that...
    24 KB (1,469 words) - 16:27, 6 December 2023
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