The blue-green bacteria: the only bacterial phylum capable of oxygen-producing photosynthesis, using the same core chemistry that chloroplasts in plants and algae are now known to have descended from. Cyanobacteria are credited with the Great Oxidation Event that filled Earth's early atmosphere with oxygen roughly two and a half billion years ago.
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Member Species/Taxa CountApproximate described-species (or, for a genus, described-taxon) count; continually revised as species are newly described, reclassified or synonymized. Taxonomic Rank Scientific Name Classification
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Source GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Anabaena
Source Wikidata: Dolichospermum Flos-Aquae
Source Wikidata: Microcystis Aeruginosa
Source Wikidata: Nostoc Commune
Source Wikidata: Prochlorococcus
Source GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Arthrospira
Source Wikidata: Trichodesmium Erythraeum
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Wikimedia Foundation / Wikidata contributorsQ93315, descriptionView the Source 2. Catalogue of Life
Wikidata: Cyanobacteria
Wikidata Q25577567, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source Wikidata: Trichodesmium Erythraeum
Parent Taxon Of: Trichodesmium Erythraeum, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source Wikidata: Nostoc Commune
Parent Taxon Of: Nostoc Commune, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source Wikidata: Dolichospermum Flos-Aquae
Parent Taxon Of: Dolichospermum Flos-Aquae, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source Wikidata: Prochlorococcus
Parent Taxon Of: Prochlorococcus, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source Wikidata: Microcystis Aeruginosa
Parent Taxon Of: Microcystis Aeruginosa, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source Wikipedia: Cyanobacteria
WikipediaIn Group: Bacterial Phyla, LeadQuote, In Group: Bacterial Phyla, Lead
Cyanobacteria ( sy-AN-oh-bak-TEER-ee-ə) are a group of autotrophic gram-negative bacteria of the phylum Cyanobacteriota that can obtain biological energy via oxygenic photosynthesis.
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Arthrospira
GBIF Backbone TaxonomyParent Taxon Of: Spirulina, Taxon recordQuote, Parent Taxon Of: Spirulina, Taxon record
"phylum": "Cyanobacteria"
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Anabaena
GBIF Backbone TaxonomyParent Taxon Of: Anabaena, Taxon recordQuote, Parent Taxon Of: Anabaena, Taxon record
"phylum": "Cyanobacteria"
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