Cyanobacterium is a photosynthetic, oxygen-producing bacterium belonging to the phylum Cyanobacteria. It is a single-celled or colonial microorganism with chlorophyll a and phycobiliproteins, historically known as blue-green algae. In scientific contexts, the term specifies the taxonomic group and its role in early Earth oxygenation and modern aquatic ecosystems.
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