Cyanobacteria (IMAGE)

Arizona State University

Cyanobacteria

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The orange cells in this microscope image are Synechococcus, a unicellular cyanobacterium only about 1 um in size. Organisms like Synechococcus were responsible for pumping oxygen into the environment 2.5 billion years ago.

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Susanne Neuer/Amy Hansen

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