Cyanobacteria

{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-001661",
  "term": "Cyanobacteria",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "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.",
  "synonyms": [
    "Cyanochloronta",
    "Cyanophyta",
    "blue green algae",
    "blue green bacteria",
    "blue-green algae",
    "blue-green bacteria"
  ],
  "subject": "Taxonomic Hierarchy",
  "see_also": [
    "Eubacteria",
    "prokaryotic cells",
    "phycobiliprotein",
    "nitrogen-fixing cyanobacteria",
    "cyanophages",
    "cyanobacterial toxins",
    "Cyanophyceae",
    "Stigonematales",
    "Gloeobacteria",
    "Prochlorophytes"
  ],
  "references": [
    "Medical Subject Headings",
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "Cyanobacteria"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/cyanobacteria/"
}