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- noun Plural form of
cyanobacterium .
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Examples
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Even if you don’t go for global warming, what about the increased CO2 that has caused huge algal blooms (which contain cyanobacteria – exposure to high levels of cyanobacteria can cause ALS as proven during the Gulf War) the size of Texas in our oceans?
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Studies of their microbial descendants, known as cyanobacteria, suggest that these peculiar rocks slowly formed when mats of micro-organisms trapped sediments and precipitated carbonates.
SuperCooperators Martin A. Nowak 2011
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After examination we recognized this was a blue-green bacterium, also known as cyanobacteria, which are abundant in habitats that are severely stressed or have too many nutrients.
Dr. Terry Gosliner: From Beautiful Nudibranchs to Coral Graveyards: Marine Research in the Indian and Pacific Oceans (PHOTOS) Dr. Terry Gosliner 2010
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The tiny neurotoxic molecule BMAA (β-N-methylamino-L-alanine) is produced by blue-green algae (also called cyanobacteria) found worldwide.
i'm a blogging fool! WENDEE HOLTCAMP 2009
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The tiny neurotoxic molecule BMAA (β-N-methylamino-L-alanine) is produced by blue-green algae (also called cyanobacteria) found worldwide.
Archive 2009-07-01 WENDEE HOLTCAMP 2009
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Photosynthetic microbes called cyanobacteria offer attractive advantages over the use of plants like corn or switchgrass, producing many times the energy yield with energy input from the sun and without the necessity of taking arable cropland out of production.
Analysis 2010
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A team of researchers at MIT and the University of California at San Diego has shown how cell division in a type of bacteria known as cyanobacteria is controlled by the same kind of circadian rhythms that govern human sleep patterns.
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Photosynthetic microbes called cyanobacteria offer attractive advantages over the use of plants like corn or switchgrass, producing many
WN.com - Articles related to Ottawa questions biofuel impact 2010
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(The only exception to this rule involves a special group of bacteria, called cyanobacteria, which make phylloquinones instead of menaquinones.)
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(The only exception to this rule involves a special group of bacteria, called cyanobacteria, which make phylloquinones instead of menaquinones.)
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The flare-up of cyanobacteria, or blue-green algae, made a dip in the river hazardous for people and potentially deadly for dogs.
Portland’s Fiercest Advocate for Swimming in the Willamette River Is Declaring War on Algae Aaron Mesh 2023
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