Cyanobacteria can be found in many habitats; soil, on rocks, in fresh water and salt water. They can also be found in the desert where they remain dormant for most of the time, taking advantage of the occasional rains.
Cyanobacteria are prokaryotes. They lack a membrane-bound nucleus and other organelles commonly found in eukaryotic cells.
Some have a blue pigment that helps in photosynthesis. This pigment gives those cyanobacteria a blue tint. Other cyanobacteria have red pigment. Flamingos get their pink color by eating red cyanobacteria. or Cyanobacteria lives in water and these bacteria contain the green pigment chlorophyll. Chlorophyll is important to photosynthesis.
The cyanobacteria is a consumer
stromalitic cyanobacteria
Cyanobacteria, or cyanophyta.
Cyanobacteria, also known as blue green algae.
Heterocysts are specialized cells found in cyanobacteria, particularly in filamentous species like Anabaena and Nostoc. These cells are involved in nitrogen fixation, converting atmospheric nitrogen into a form that can be utilized by the organism.
The oldest cyanobacteria fossil found is about 3.5 billion years old, known as the Apex chert fossils from Australia. These fossils provide evidence of the early existence of cyanobacteria, which played a significant role in shaping the Earth's atmosphere and environment.
An akinete is a thick-walled dominant cell found in cyanobacteria and green algae.
Cyanobacteria are believed to be the common ancestor of all photosynthetic plastids found in eukaryotes. Through a process called endosymbiosis, cyanobacteria were engulfed by an ancestral eukaryotic cell, giving rise to plastids like chloroplasts. This event played a crucial role in the evolution of photosynthesis in eukaryotes.
Yes, bacteria generally lack chlorophyll. In cyanobacteria, however, chlorophyll is found.
Cyanobacteria lack chloroplasts, which are organelles found in alga and plant cells responsible for photosynthesis. Instead, cyanobacteria perform photosynthesis using thylakoid membranes within their cytoplasm. This fundamental difference highlights the distinction between eukaryotic organisms, like plants and algae, which possess membrane-bound organelles, and prokaryotic organisms like cyanobacteria.