• Source: Picocyanobacteria

Picocyanobacteria are cyanobacteria that are part of the picoplankton, which is the fraction of plankton composed by cells between 0.2 and 2 μm. Picocyanobacteria comprise the smallest photoautotrophs.




Genera


Freshwater picocyanobacteria genera include Synechococcus, Cyanobium, and Synechocystis, and marine picocyanobacteria genera are represented primarily by Synechococcus and Prochlorococcus.




See also


Cyanobacteria
Picoplankton
Picoeukaryote
Picozoa
Plankton § Size groups




References






External links



How Ancient Microbes Rode Bug Bits Out to Sea (PBS Eons)

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• Picocyanobacteria
• Silicon
• Cyanobacteria
• Dazecuo
• Prochlorococcus
• Benjamin Van Mooy
• Picozoa
• Neoproterozoic oxygenation event
• Aeroplankton
• Cyanobacterial morphology