Flashcards: Cyanobacteria

Phycoerythrin (PE) is a red protein-pigment complex from the light-harvesting phycobiliprotein family, present in red algae and cryptophytes, accessory to the main chlorophyll pigments responsible for photosynthesis.

Homoeothrix is a genus of cyanobacteria.

Echinenone is a xanthophyll, with formula C40H54O.

Spirulina is a genus of cyanobacteria.

Synechococcus (from the Greek synechos, in succession, and the Greek kokkos, granule) is a unicellular cyanobacterium that is very widespread in the marine environment.

Morania is a genus of cyanobacterium preserved as carbonaceous films in the Middle Cambrian Burgess Shale.

Borzia is a genus of cyanobacteria.

Microcystin-LR (MC-LR) is a toxin produced by cyanobacteria.

Oscillaria is a genus of filamentous cyanobacterium.

Calothrix crustacea is a species of bacteria that is widespread in oceans worldwide.

Cyanonephron is a genus of cyanobacteria in the family Synechococcaceae.

Cyanonephron elegans is a freshwater species of cyanobacteria in the family Synechococcaceae.

Chroococcidiopsis is one of the most primitive cyanobacteria known.

The Oscillatoriaceae are a family of cyanobacteria.

The Synechococcales are an order of cyanobacteria, with over 70 genera.

The Xenococcaceae are a family of cyanobacteria.

The Merismopediaceae are a family of cyanobacteria.

The Stigonemataceae are a family of cyanobacteria.

Gloeobacter is a genus of cyanobacteria.

Gunflintia is an extinct genus of cyanobacteria that once existed in what is now Canada and Australia.

The Schizotrichaceae are a family of cyanobacteria.

The Entophysalidaceae is a family of cyanobacteria.

The Capsosiraceae are a family of cyanobacteria.

The Gomontiellaceae are a family of cyanobacteria.

The Chamaesiphonaceae are a family of cyanobacteria.

The Prochloraceae are a family of cyanobacteria.

Trichodesmium erythraeum is a species of cyanobacteria that are unique in being visible to the naked eye.

The Oscillatoriales are an order of cyanobacteria.

The Gomphosphaeriaceae is a family of cyanobacteria.

Prochloron (from the Greek pro (before) and the Greek chloros (green) ) is a unicellular oxygenic photosynthetic prokaryote commonly found as an extracellular symbiont on coral reefs, particularly in didemnid ascidians (sea squirts).

The Pleurocapsales are an order of cyanobacteria.

Planktothrix is a genus of filamentous cyanobacteria (often called blue-green algae).

The Dermocarpellaceae are a family of cyanobacteria.

Cyanobacterium is a genus of cyanobacteria.

The Nostocales are an order of cyanobacteria containing most of its species.

Lyngbya majuscula is a species of filamentous cyanobacteria in the genus Lyngbya.

The name Melainabacteria is derived from the title of the "Greek nymph of dark waters" and is new phylum related to Cyanobacteria.

Vampirovibrio chorellavorus is a 0.

The Hapalosiphonaceae are a family of cyanobacteria.

The Hydrococcaceae are a family of cyanobacteria.

The Fortieaceae are a family of cyanobacteria.

Johannesbaptistia is a genus of brackish–freshwater cyanobacteria which has a very characteristic morphology.

The Leptolyngbyaceae are a family of cyanobacteria.

The Gloeotrichiaceae are a family of cyanobacteria.

Chlorogloeopsis is a genus of cyanobacteria.

The Romeriaceae are a family of cyanobacteria.

The Coelosphaeriaceae are a family of cyanobacteria.

The Coleofasciculaceae are a family of cyanobacteria.

The Microcoleaceae are a family of cyanobacteria.

The Aphanizomenonaceae are a family of cyanobacteria.

The Aphanothecaceae is a family of cyanobacteria.

The Symphyonemataceae is a family of cyanobacteria.

The Godleyaceae ares a family of cyanobacteria.

The Pleurocapsaceae are a family of cyanobacteria.

Sphaerocodium is an extinct genus of bacteria in the phylum Cyanobacteria, often called blue-green algae.

The Spirulinales are an order of cyanobacteria.

The Tolypothrichaceae are a family of cyanobacteria.

The Heteroleibleiniaceae ares a family of cyanobacteria.

The Homoeotrichaceae are a family of cyanobacteria.

The Stichosiphonaceae is a family of cyanobacteria.

Spirulina is a cyanobacterium (blue-green algae) that can be consumed by humans and other animals.

The Pseudanabaenaceae are a family of cyanobacteria.

The Chroococcaceae is a family of cyanobacteria.

The Synechococcaceae are a family of cyanobacteria.

Moorea producens is a species of filamentous cyanobacteria in the genus Moorea, including tropical marine strains formerly classified as Lyngbya majuscula due to morphological resemblance but separated based on genetic evidence.

Prochlorococcus is a genus of very small (0.6 µm) marine cyanobacteria with an unusual pigmentation (chlorophyll b).

Lyngbya is a genus of cyanobacteria, unicellular autotrophs that form the basis of the oceanic food chain.

Acaryochloris marina is a symbiotic species of the phylum Cyanobacteria that produces chlorophyll d, allowing it to use far-red light, at 710 nm wavelength.

Microcystins (or cyanoginosins) are a class of toxins produced by certain freshwater cyanobacteria; primarily Microcystis aeruginosa but also other Microcystis, as well as members of the Planktothrix, Anabaena, Oscillatoria and Nostoc genera.

Collenia is genus of fossil cyanobacteria that form a particular type of stromatolites.

Trichodesmium, also called sea sawdust, is a genus of filamentous cyanobacteria.

Crinalium epipsammum is a filamentous, non-heterocystous, terrestrial cyanobacterium.