"Cyanobacteria" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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A phylum of oxygenic photosynthetic bacteria comprised of unicellular to multicellular bacteria possessing CHLOROPHYLL a and carrying out oxygenic PHOTOSYNTHESIS. Cyanobacteria are the only known organisms capable of fixing both CARBON DIOXIDE (in the presence of light) and NITROGEN. Cell morphology can include nitrogen-fixing heterocysts and/or resting cells called akinetes. Formerly called blue-green algae, cyanobacteria were traditionally treated as ALGAE.
| Descriptor ID |
D000458
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B03.280 B03.440.475.100
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| Concept/Terms |
Cyanobacteria- Cyanobacteria
- Blue Green Algae
- Blue-Green Algae
- Algae, Blue-Green
- Blue-Green Bacteria
- Algae, Blue Green
- Bacteria, Blue Green
- Bacteria, Blue-Green
- Blue Green Bacteria
- Cyanophyceae
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