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- noun Plural form of
cryptomonad .
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For example, reproduction in the cryptomonads is asexual and primarily via longitudinal cell division with the cell dividing in either a free-swimming or nonmotile condition.
Phytoplankton 2008
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The reddish purple open chain tetrapyrrole pigment phycoerythrobilin max 550 nm) is an essential chromophore of the light-harvesting phycobiliproteins of most cyanobacteria, red algae, and cryptomonads.
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