Higher Classification: > Kingdom Bacteria > Subkingdom Negibacteria

Cyanobacteria Stanier ex Cavalier-Smith, 2002

Rank: Phylum
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Cyanobacteria incertae sedis
Cyanophyceae Schaffner, 1909

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: blue-green algae; blue-green bacteria

Japanese: シアノバクテリア門

Literature

basis of record	Margulis, L.; Schwartz, K.V. (1998). Five Kingdoms: an illustrated guide to the Phyla of life on earth. 3rd edition. Freeman: New York, NY (USA). ISBN 0-7167-3027-8. xx, 520 pp.

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Citation

WoRMS (2025). Cyanobacteria. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=146537

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Occurrence

Present

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Doubtful

Native

Introduced

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Invasive

Managed

No data

Environment

marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial

Importance

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2023-04-17 by Michael D. Guiry

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