{"id":27844,"date":"2026-07-11T11:38:40","date_gmt":"2026-07-11T06:08:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=27844"},"modified":"2026-07-11T13:58:49","modified_gmt":"2026-07-11T08:28:49","slug":"cyanobacteria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/cyanobacteria\/","title":{"rendered":"Cyanobacteria"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Cyanobacteria Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, researchers found that cyanobacteria can be used to absorb lead from contaminated water.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Cyanobacteria<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These are also <\/span><b>called blue-green algae<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, microscopic organisms <\/span><b>found naturally in all types of water.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They have the distinction of <\/span><b>being the oldest known fossils<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, more than 3.5 billion years old.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Habitat:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> These <\/span><b>single-celled organisms<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> live in fresh, brackish (combined salt and fresh water), and marine water.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Characteristics of cyanobacteria<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Autotrophs:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> All <\/span><b>cyanobacteria are autotrophs,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> meaning they produce their own energy by photosynthesizing sunlight. Cyanobacteria are a very old group of organisms.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These are the <\/span><b>most primitive organisms<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the plant kingdom and show typical prokaryotic organization.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Reproduction in Cyanobacteria:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Cyanobacteria also <\/span><b>reproduce asexually<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and the commonest mode of reproduction in them is transverse binary fission.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some are solitary, others are colonial and few <\/span><b>cyanobacteria produce toxins.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cyanobacteria <\/span><b>blooms can form in warm, slow-moving waters<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that are rich in nutrients from sources such as fertilizer runoff or septic tank overflows.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In warm, nutrient-rich environments, <\/span><b>microscopic cyanobacteria can grow quickly,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> creating blooms that spread across the water\u2019s surface and may become visible.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source:<\/b> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/sci-tech\/science\/iit-guwahati-team-finds-blue-green-algae-can-remove-lead-from-water\/article71198226.ece\/amp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TH<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cyanobacteria are also called blue-green algae, microscopic organisms found naturally in all types of water. 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