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Cyanothece

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Cyanothece is a genus of unicellular, diazotrophic, oxygenic photosynthesizing cyanobacteria.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomBacteria
  2. PhylumCyanobacteria
  3. ClassCyanobacteriia
  4. OrderThermosynechococcales
  5. FamilyThermosynechococcaceae
Habitatmarine, brackish, freshwater

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
2
Family
Cyanobacteriaceae
Collections
FC-UNAM
Recorded in
Mexico

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents
  • Modern organisms and cellular organization
  • Evolutionary history
  • Photosynthesis/pigments
  • Metabolism, biosynthesis, symbiosis
  • Genome size, organization, and ploidy options
  • Cell size, growth patterns, sex
  • Habitat range
  • Walls and resting cysts
  • Storage products
  • Motility
  • Single-celled vs. multicelled
  • Hydrogen production
  • See also
  • References

Cyanothece is a genus of unicellular, diazotrophic, oxygenic photosynthesizing cyanobacteria.

==Modern organisms and cellular organization== In 1976, Jiří Komárek defined the prokaryotic cyanobacteria genus Cyanothece as distinct from Synechococcus NAG 1949. Organisms in both genera share characteristics in addition to being oxygenic phototrophs. They are both unicellular, forming aggregates, but not found in mucilaginous colonies. They may have a thin mucilage layer around each cell. Both genera also divide by binary fission along an axis perpendicular to the cell's longitudinal axis.

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