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Cyanobacteria

Bacterial Biological Diversity

Introduction

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Cyanobacteria are a large group of gram-positive prokaryotic organisms, with an estimated 8000 different species. They belong to the domain bacteria, coming from the same lineage as the Chlamydiae and the anoxygenic phototrophic group of purple and green bacteria.

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