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Phytoplankton
Medical Definition: | Free-floating minute organisms that are photosynthetic. The term is non-taxonomic and refers to a lifestyle (energy utilization and motility), rather than a particular type of organism. Most, but not all, are unicellular ALGAE. Important groups include DIATOMS, DINOFLAGELLATES, CYANOBACTERIA, CHLOROPHYTA, coccolithophorids, cryptomonads, and silicoflagellates. |
Guide Notes: | coord with specific organism; phototrophic bacterioplankton: index PHYTOPLANKTON + PHOTOTROPHIC BACTERIA or specific |
Previously Indexed: | Plankton (1966-1970) |
Phytoplankton Medical Definitions and Terms
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