cyanobacterium en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree Ancient Greek κῠ́ᾰνος (kŭ́ănos) Ancient Greek -εος (-eos) Ancient Greek κῠᾰ́νεος (kŭắneos)der. English cyano- Ancient Greek βακτηρία (baktēría) Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Ancient Greek -ῐος (-ĭos)? Ancient Greek -ιον (-ion) Ancient Greek βακτήριον (baktḗrion)bor. New Latin bactēriumbor. English bacterium English cyanobacterium From cyano- + bacterium.
Meanings
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Any of very many photosynthetic prokaryotic microorganisms, of phylum Cyanobacteria.
Photosynthesis was established some billion years ago by ancient bacterial precursors of modern cyanobacteria.
2011, Terence Allen, Graham Cowling, The Cell: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford, page 91:At some point in the first billion years of life, cyanobacteria, or blue-green algae, learned to tap into a freely available resource – the hydrogen that exists in spectacular abundance in water.
2003, Bill Bryson, A Short History of Nearly Everything, BCA, published 2003, page 262:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| cyanobacteria | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Synonyms
blue-green bacterium · blue-green alga
Translations (18)
vi vi khuẩn lam (prokaryotic microorganism of phylum Cyanobacteria) · it cianoficea (prokaryotic microorganism of phylum Cyanobacteria) · pl sinica (prokaryotic microorganism of phylum Cyanobacteria) · es cianobacteria (prokaryotic microorganism of phylum Cyanobacteria) · fr cyanobactérie (prokaryotic microorganism of phylum Cyanobacteria) · pt cianobactéria (prokaryotic microorganism of phylum Cyanobacteria) · tr siyanobakteri (prokaryotic microorganism of phylum Cyanobacteria) · de Cyanobacterium (prokaryotic microorganism of phylum Cyanobacteria) · ru цианобактерия (prokaryotic microorganism of phylum Cyanobacteria) · fi syanobakteeri (prokaryotic microorganism of phylum Cyanobacteria) · tr mavi-yeşil alg (prokaryotic microorganism of phylum Cyanobacteria) · el κυανοβακτήριο (prokaryotic microorganism of phylum Cyanobacteria) · ca cianobacteri (prokaryotic microorganism of phylum Cyanobacteria) · pl cyjanobakteria (prokaryotic microorganism of phylum Cyanobacteria) · th สาหร่ายสีเขียวแกมน้ำเงิน (prokaryotic microorganism of phylum Cyanobacteria) · cs sinice (prokaryotic microorganism of phylum Cyanobacteria) · gl cianobacteria (prokaryotic microorganism of phylum Cyanobacteria) · it cianobatterio (prokaryotic microorganism of phylum Cyanobacteria)