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n. - Predominantly photosynthetic prokaryotic organisms containing a blue pigment in addition to chlorophyll.

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  • Which strains of blue-green algae - technically called cyanobacteria - are toxic, and under what conditions do they produce toxins?
  • Photosynthetic microbes called cyanobacteria offer attractive advantages over the use of plants like corn or switchgrass, producing many
  • The tiny neurotoxic molecule BMAA (β-N-methylamino-L-alanine) is produced by blue-green algae (also called cyanobacteria) found worldwide.
  • (The only exception to this rule involves a special group of bacteria, called cyanobacteria, which make phylloquinones instead of menaquinones.)
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