Cyanobacteria form a morphologically and phylogenetically diverse group of oxygenic phototrophic bacteria inhabiting a wide range of environments, including extreme habitats such as hot springs and volcanic steam vents.
Nostocales
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Hapalosiphonacean Cyanobacteria (Nostocales) Thrived Amid Emerging Embryophytes In An Early Devonian (407-million-year-old) Landscape
Cyanobacteria have a long evolutionary history, well documented in marine rocks. They are also abundant and diverse in terrestrial environments; however, although phylogenies suggest that the group colonized land early […]